Gryphon Trio

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Gryphon Trio
Origin
Latin American music
Years active1993–present
LabelsAnalekta
Members
Websitegryphontrio.com

The Gryphon Trio is a

Juno Awards for its classical recordings released by the Analekta label. Its members are Annalee Patipatanakoon (violin), Roman Borys (cello) and Jamie Parker (piano).[1][2]

History

The Gryphon Trio was formed in 1993 by three members of the Faculty of Music of the University of Toronto, Patipatanakoon, Borys and Parker, and today it tours regularly throughout Canada, the United States and Europe.

Its 15 recordings for Analekta include works by

Shostakovich
and have expanded the number of recordings of the piano trio repertoires of these composers. In addition, the Trio has commissioned and premiered more than 75 new works by contemporary composers.

The Trio has received two Juno Awards for Classical Album of the Year: the first for its 2004 album Canadian Premieres, which features works by 20th-century Canadian composers, and the second for its 2011 recording of Beethoven's "Ghost" piano trio, Beethoven: Piano Trios, Op. 70, No. 1, "Ghost"; Op. 11.[3][4]

It celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2003 with a performance in

Romanian composer George Enescu
.

In 2008, the Trio performed extensively the

multi-media
composition Constantinople to international critical acclaim. Hatzis himself received a Juno Award for the writing of Constantinople.

In 2010, the Trio launched its pioneering community outreach project Listen Up! in

BMO Financial Group and other private sponsors, it has since travelled to Hamilton, Midland and Ottawa
, Ontario.

In September 2011, with the Canadian

.

The Trio's most recent recording, For the End of Time (2012), with the Canadian

Valentin Silvestrov and is its fifteenth CD for the Analekta label.[5]

In 2016, the trio teamed up with McMaster University's LIVELab to research how musicians' body movements help them communicate and play as a group more effectively.[6]

Discography

  • (1996) Haydn: Four Piano Trios (Analekta)[7]
  • (1998) Dvorak – Mendelssohn: Piano Trios (Analekta)[8]
  • (2002) Mendelssohn – Lalo: Piano Trios (Analekta)[9]
  • (2002) Beethoven: Piano Trios, Op. 1, Nos. 1 and 3 (Analekta)[10]
  • (2004) Canadian Premieres (Analekta)[11]
  • (2006) Mozart: Complete Piano Trios (Analekta)[12]
  • (2006) Shostakovich: Complete Works for Piano Trio/Silvestrov: Postlude DSCH (Analekta)[13]
  • (2007) Schubert: Complete Piano Trios (Analekta)[14]
  • (2008) Christos Hatzis: Constantinople (Analekta)[15]
  • (2009) Tango nuevo: Piazolla, Dúran, Ginestera (Analekta)[16]
  • (2010) Beethoven: Piano Trios, Op. 1, No. 2; Op. 97 "Archduke" (Analekta)[17]
  • (2011) Beethoven: Piano Trios, Op. 70, No. 1 "Ghost"; Op. 11 (Analekta)[18]
  • (2011) Broken Hearts & Madmen (Analekta)[19]
  • (2012) Great Piano Trios (Analekta) (9 CD compilation set)[20]
  • (2012) For the End of Time (Analekta)[21]

References

  1. ^ www.gryphontrio.com http://www.gryphontrio.com/. Retrieved 29 April 2014. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)[title missing]
  2. ^ "Artiste Archive". www.analekta.com. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  3. ^ John Terauds, "CD Reviews: Gryphon Trio and l'estravagante show off the finest art of chamber music", Musical Toronto (29 May 2012) http://www.musicaltoronto.org/2012/05/29/cd-reviews-gryphon-trio-and-lestravagante-show-off-the-finest-art-of-chamber-music/. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  4. ^ "CARAS Scores A Hit With 2004 Juno Awards" Archived 2016-08-15 at the Wayback Machine. Soul Shine. 2004-04-05
  5. ^ Melvin Kaplan Incorporated, "Gryphon Trio" http://www.melkap.com/artists/gryphon-trio/. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  6. ^ CIFAR, "Our Musical Brain" https://www.cifar.ca/events/our-musical-brain/ Retrieved 10 June 2016
  7. ^ "An 2 2013". www.analekta.com. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  8. ^ "Fl 2 3110". www.analekta.com. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  9. ^ "Fl 2 3127". www.analekta.com. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  10. ^ "Fl 2 3170". www.analekta.com. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  11. ^ "Fl 2 3174". www.analekta.com. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  12. ^ "Album Archive". www.analekta.com. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  13. ^ "An 2 9854". www.analekta.com. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  14. ^ "Album Archive". www.analekta.com. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  15. ^ "An 2 9925". www.analekta.com. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  16. ^ "An 2 9857". www.analekta.com. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  17. ^ "An 2 9858". www.analekta.com. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  18. ^ "Album Archive". www.analekta.com. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  19. ^ "An 2 9870". www.analekta.com. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  20. ^ "Album Archive". www.analekta.com. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  21. ^ "An 2 9861". www.analekta.com. Retrieved 29 April 2014.

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