WORLD PREMIERE AT SEASON FINALE with GUEST ARTISTS JOEL KROSNICK,
SAMUEL RHODES, EMILY SMITH, AND RICHARD WERNICK

MUSIC OF SCHUBERT AND WERNICK

Trio Cleonice & Friends (Trio Cleonice (klee-ə-NEES), the dynamic young Boston-based piano trio, that has established itself as one of the most creative, communicative, and exhilarating ensembles in the United States today is thrilled to present the world premiere of Richard Wernick’s Sonata for Two at its season finale concert. 

Sonata for Two will feature Trio Cleonice’s cellist, Gwen Krosnick, alongside her father, cellist Joel Krosnick of the Juilliard String Quartet. Wernick, a Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, will be in attendance to hear the premiere of the piece, which was written for the father-daughter pair as a 70th-birthday gift for Mr. Krosnick. The two Krosnicks will close the concert in collaboration with Cleonice violinist Ari Isaacman-Beck; violinist Emily Smith (a native of Newton, MA); and violist Samuel Rhodes – Mr. Krosnick’s colleague of 39 years in the Juilliard Quartet – for a performance of Schubert’s beloved Cello Quintet.

Trio Cleonice & Friends arose from the Trio’s desire to make live, vibrant chamber music – which they find to be a daily necessity – an accessible, integrated part of Brookline’s cultural fabric. The monthly series began in February 2014, and has since welcomed numerous guest artists – drawing from the Trio’s friends, colleagues, and mentors – to Brookline.

Check out a video of Trio Cleonice performing Brahms: Piano Trio in B major, Op. 8

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Trio Cleonice (klee-ə-NEES), the dynamic young Boston-based piano trio, has established itself as one of the most creative, communicative, and exhilarating ensembles in the United States today, delighting audiences across the country and the world with its innovative programming and the sheer joy of its music-making. The Trio, which in May completed an exciting and productive tenure as Graduate Piano Trio-in-Residence at the New England Conservatory of Music, enters the 2014-2015 season off the heels of two recent wins: second prize at the Alice and Eleonore Schoenfeld International String Competition in Harbin, China; and the John Lad Prize from the St. Lawrence Quartet and Stanford University.

Trio Cleonice – violinist Ari Isaacman-Beck, cellist Gwen Krosnick, and pianist Emely Phelps – enjoys a demanding and multi-faceted career that spans a busy concert schedule, frequent artist residencies and outreach, a considerable emphasis on contemporary music, and a new venture into presenting a series of its own. Highlights of Trio Cleonice’s current and most recent seasons include the group’s European debut tour, spanning Slovakia, Slovenia, and Holland, and featuring a concert at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam; annual recitals in Jordan Hall in Boston; the group’s Kennedy Center debut; a recording collaboration with composer Rodney Lister; residencies at Avaloch Farm Music Institute (a new artist retreat center in Boscawen, New Hampshire); the Jordan Hall premiere of a new work that the Trio commissioned from Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Richard Wernick; beginning a new concert series – Trio Cleonice and Friends – in Brookline, Massachusetts; an artist residency at Yellow Barn – entitled “The Russian Soul – The Russian Voice” – during which the Trio intensively studied piano trios of Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich alongside masterworks of Russian literature; appearances at Stanford University’s Bing Concert Hall; and a very happy return to Kneisel Hall for a concert in the Festival’s 2015 summer season.

Ari, Gwen, and Emely are avid and adventurous foodies, so it is perhaps no wonder that the Trio takes its name from Cleonice Mediterranean Bistro of Ellsworth, Maine, which has been a regular destination for the group since they met in nearby Blue Hill, at the Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival and School (where Trio Cleonice began in 2008). Nearly seven years later, the Trio continues to enjoy a warm and inspiring friendship – with much exchange of great food and music – with the chefs, owners, and community of the Trio’s namesake restaurant. In the group’s spare time, Ari, Gwen, and Emely take great delight in cooking together, in entertaining at home in Boston, and in exploring the food scene wherever they travel and play together.