CLAVIER TRIO 2009-2010 SEASON

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2009, 7:30 P.M.
GUSTIN MUSIC HALL
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER
BOULDER, COLORADO
FOR MORE INFO
303-492-8008

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2009, 8:00 P.M.
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS
JONSSON PERFORMANCE HALL
FOR MORE INFO
http://www.ah.utdallas.edu/season0910/claviertrio.htm

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2009, 7:00 P.M.
GREGORY SINGER FINE VIOLINS
Recital Hall
246 West 80th Street, New York, NY
FOR MORE INFO 212-724-4476
www.singerviolinsl.com

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2009, 2:00 P.M.
WEILL RECITAL HALL at
CARNEGIE HALL, New York
FOR MORE INFO
www.carnegiehall.org 212 247-7800

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2010, 7:30 P.M.
PEPSICO RECITAL HALL
TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
CLAVIER TRIO members at Faculty and Friends
FOR MORE INFO
http://www.music.tcu.edu

MONDAY, MARCH 29, 2010, 7:30 P.M.
THE SANTA FE CONCERT ASSOCIATION
UNITED CHURCH OF SANTA FE
SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO
FOR MORE INFO
505-984-8759

SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 2010, 3:00 P.M.
BARGEMUSIC
FULTON FERRY LANDING
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
FOR MORE INFO
718-624-2083

JULY-AUGUST 2010
MUSIC IN THE MOUNTAINS FESTIVAL
DURANGO, COLORADO
FOR MORE INFO
www.musicinthemountains.com

ABOUT CLAVIER TRIO

“The three players are excellent;…playing is highly disciplined and blessedly free of show ,fuss and egotism.. Their instrumental command is secure, unobtrusive, and entirely at the service of the music”
Edith Eisler/New York Concert Review, December 2005

"The Dallas based CLAVIER TRIO continues to make a favorable impression with its bracing expansiveness and well-judged balances…..Teamwork and unanimity of interpretative standpoint” Dennis Rooney/The Strad, February 2006

“The playing is fresh and inspired….Exceptionally good….Highly polished.”
Antony Aibel/New York Concert Review, December 2007

CLAVIER TRIO was born after a spontaneous chamber music session at the Music in the Mountains Festival 1997 in Durango, Colorado. Today, the members of the Trio include violinist Arkady Fomin, cellist Jesús Castro-Balbi, and pianist David Korevaar. CLAVIER TRIO received the honor to perform in the inaugural Dallas Symphony Orchestra Chamber Music Series at Nasher Sculpture Center. The Trio has performed with critical acclaim at Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall and returns with performances in the 2006-07 Season. CLAVIER TRIO served as the Trio-In- Residence at Fort Lewis College, Colorado, and presently is resident ensemble at The University of Texas at Dallas, where it performs regularly. During the summer months, CLAVIER TRIO performs and teaches at the Music in the Mountains Festival in Durango. Born in Colorado and based in Dallas, the CLAVIER TRIO today performs nationally and made its first international appearance in December 2004 in Riga, Latvia.

Violinist Arkady Fomin was born in Riga, Latvia, where he received his musical training at the Latvian State Conservatory with the legendary Latvian pedagogue, Voldemar Sturestep. A founder of Clavier Trio, Mr. Fomin has collaborated in performances with Pinchas Zukerman, Yefim Bronfman, Emanuel Borok, Shlomo Mintz, Atar Arad, David Korevaar, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Andrew Litton and the late Steven De Groote. As violinist and conductor, Mr. Fomin performs in Russia, Latvia, Europe, Japan, and throughout the United States. A member of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Mr. Fomin is also Artistic Director of the New Conservatory of Dallas, and Artistic Director of Conservatory Music in the Mountains in Durango, Colorado. Arkady Fomin is recipient of the Cowlishaw Artist-in-Residence Award for artistic achievement and contributions to the City of Dallas. Mr. Fomin performs on an 1860 JB Vuillaume violin.

Cellist Jesús Castro-Balbi performs as a soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician. Recent concerto engagements include the symphony orchestras of Corpus Christi, Dallas, Fort Worth, and Texas Christian University; Cannes (France), Aarhus (Denmark), Xalapa, Aguascalientes, the Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra, and the National Symphony in Lima (Peru). His performances have been broadcast on BBC World, Japanese, Korean and French public television, in national radio broadcasts in Denmark and Israel, and in the USA on WQXR, WGBH and National Public Radio.
Dr. Castro-Balbi is a graduate of the Conservatoire National Supérieur in Lyon (France), Indiana University at Bloomington, Yale, and The Juilliard School. His mentors include Aldo Parisot and Janos Starker. Dr. Castro-Balbi is currently Professor of Cello at Texas Christian University, where he is also the director of the TCU Cello Ensemble and the artistic director of the Faculty & Friends Chamber Music Series.

David Korevaar is Associate Professor of Piano at the University of Colorado. In addition to his activities with Clavier Trio, he is a member of the Boulder Piano Quartet. Korevaar performs as soloist and chamber musician throughout the United States and teaches and performs in Japan annually. His recordings include solo music by Bach, Dohnányi, Brahms, Ravel, Liebermann and others. David Korevaar began piano studies at age six in San Diego with Sherman Storr, and at age 13 became a student of American virtuoso Earl Wild. By 20, he had earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Juilliard, where he continued with Earl Wild and studied composition with David Diamond. For a number of years, he worked with the French pianist Paul Doguereau. He completed his doctorate at Juilliard under Abbey Simon and received the Richard French award for his dissertation on Ravel’s Miroirs.

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