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Hamburg Trio

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Based in Hamburg, Germany, this piano trio has been active since 2013. Since its formation, the trio has received high acclaim in the media and has appeared on ZDF (German National Radio 2) and NDR (North German Radio). In Japan, their performance of Brahms on their first visit to Japan in 2015 was broadcast on NHK FM's "Best of Classical". The concept of the orchestra is to record and perform the complete piano trio for each composer every year. Mendelssohn's expectations for their performance were very high since they are also from Hamburg, and they have performed throughout Europe to great acclaim. This disc is a live recording of their performance at the Philharmonia Hall in St. Petersburg in June 2018. Mitsuru Shiogai (violin) is the former Principal Associate Concert Mistress for 1st Violin of the Hamburg State Philharmonic Orchestra. Vytautas Sondekis (cello) is the solo cellist of the NDR Elbphilharmonie. Eberhard Hasenfratz (piano) teaches at the Berlin University of the Arts and was formed in Hamburg in October 2013, following a collaboration on a Brahms piano trio.This performance was broadcast live on the Internet. Since then, based in Hamburg, he has performed in Berlin, Kassel, Mainz, and other German cities. He has received high acclaim from newspapers and other media, and has appeared on ZDF (German National Radio 2) and NDR (North German Radio). He has been working on the concept of recording a complete piano trio for each composer every year and giving concerts at home and abroad (Brahms in 2015, Schumann in 2016-17, Mendelssohn in 2018) In January 2018, he performed Beethoven's Triple Concerto in Berlin and Hamburg. In May, he was invited to perform at the Philharmonic Hall in St. Petersburg, the Ljubljana Music Festival, and the Usedom Festival. In Japan, he held the "Brahms Piano Trio Complete Works" concert in 2015, which was broadcast on NHK FM's "Best of Classical" program. He also appeared on NHK AM's "Supin! During his second visit to Japan in 2017, he held the "Schumann Piano Trio Concert + Quartet & Quintet". Fontek