Rosamunde Trio

[Fisseha Aranda]

Martinohas a long standing friendship and over 25 years of collaboration with Czech cellist Daniel Veis. Together they have toured widely and their recordings include the complete works of Mendelssohn for piano and cello.

In 2002, Martino and Daniel, together with violinist Ben Sayevich, formed the RosamundeTrio and have since concertised in the United Kingdom, USA, Ireland, Slovenia, Germany, Italy, Cyprusand Czech Republic.

In November 2011 the Rosamunde Trio collaborated with DanceCyprus in a series of performanceswith music by Schubert and Smetana. This unusual combination of dance with music for piano trioproved an enormous success and further performances in several countries are now being planned.

In 2012 the Rosamunde Trio celebrated its 10th anniversary with several performances of the complete Trios of Beethoven, including one at London's Kings Place. Following the enormous success of these concerts the Trio embarked on an even bigger series for the London Chamber Music Society entitled 'Mozart and the French School'. This included all the Mozart Trios and the great French Trios and Quartets.

For many years Martino has supported and guided pianists of a wide range of abilities, from amateurs to brilliant young professionals. Twelve of his students have won 1st prizesat international competitions.

Competition adjudication includes the London International Piano Competition, the Maria Callas International Grand Prix, Manchester International Concerto Competition and the Cooper International Piano Competition (Oberlin, Cleveland).

After the intensity of the premiere, we continue on a lighter note with the first of our chamber music concerts in the beautiful Weinbrennersaal of the Kurhaus Baden-Baden. The Scharoun Ensemble plays dance music by Schoenberg, Webern and Berg.

The Philharmonisches Streichtrio plays works by Schubert, Webern, and Schoenberg. A little treat for enthusiasts: They play the Schoenberg trio twice, explaining about the piece in between the two renditions.

The Brahms Ensemble focusses on the chamber music works of its namesake - but not exclusively. On Friday, they played string quartets by Franz Schubert and Anton Webern in the Kurhaus. Webern's Langsamer Satz should actually have been an entire quartet, but the composer only completed one movement.

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