{"id":159436,"date":"2025-09-23T07:00:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T05:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mendialduamusic.com\/?post_type=portfolio&p=159436"},"modified":"2025-11-05T20:18:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T19:18:56","slug":"trio-con-brio-copenhagen","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/www.mendialduamusic.com\/en\/portfolio\/trio-con-brio-copenhagen\/","title":{"rendered":"Trio con Brio Copenhagen"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row row_height_percent=\u00bb0″ back_color=\u00bbcolor-lxmt\u00bb overlay_alpha=\u00bb50″ gutter_size=\u00bb3″ column_width_percent=\u00bb100″ shift_y=\u00bb0″ z_index=\u00bb0″ content_parallax=\u00bb0″ uncode_shortcode_id=\u00bb195599″ back_color_type=\u00bbuncode-palette\u00bb][vc_column column_width_percent=\u00bb100″ gutter_size=\u00bb3″ override_padding=\u00bbyes\u00bb column_padding=\u00bb2″ overlay_alpha=\u00bb50″ shift_x=\u00bb0″ shift_y=\u00bb0″ shift_y_down=\u00bb0″ z_index=\u00bb0″ medium_width=\u00bb0″ mobile_width=\u00bb0″ width=\u00bb1\/1″ uncode_shortcode_id=\u00bb273324″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=\u00bb100″ gutter_size=\u00bb3″ override_padding=\u00bbyes\u00bb column_padding=\u00bb2″ overlay_alpha=\u00bb50″ shift_x=\u00bb0″ shift_y=\u00bb0″ shift_y_down=\u00bb0″ z_index=\u00bb0″ medium_width=\u00bb0″ mobile_width=\u00bb0″ width=\u00bb1\/1″ uncode_shortcode_id=\u00bb657290″][vc_column_text css_animation=\u00bbalpha-anim\u00bb animation_delay=\u00bb700″ uncode_shortcode_id=\u00bb967535″]The tonal sensitivity, coupled with the highest intensity of expression, dreamlike confident ensemble playing, and technical perfection with which Trio con Brio brings this music to life, is breathtaking. This applies to the spectacular changes of expressive levels in Dvorak as well as to Schubert\u2019s music, which touches deep emotional realms. This is chamber music at the very highest level\u2026<\/p>\n

21 May 2025 | Aachener Zeitung<\/em><\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=\u00bb1\/1″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=\u00bb100″ gutter_size=\u00bb3″ override_padding=\u00bbyes\u00bb column_padding=\u00bb2″ overlay_alpha=\u00bb50″ shift_x=\u00bb0″ shift_y=\u00bb0″ shift_y_down=\u00bb0″ z_index=\u00bb0″ medium_width=\u00bb0″ mobile_width=\u00bb0″ width=\u00bb1\/2″ uncode_shortcode_id=\u00bb119348″][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=\u00bb348572″]Soo-Jin Hong, violin
\nSoo-Kyung Hong, cello
\nJens Elvekjaer, piano<\/p>\n

Acknowledged as one of the world\u2019s finest piano trios, the Trio con Brio Copenhagen\u2019s multifaceted members are not only performing artists who tour extensively, but also esteemed recording artists, artistic directors and educators. Founded at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna in 1999, the trio is now based in Copenhagen and tours worldwide.<\/p>\n

The Trio was born out of an idea of the coming together of \u2018musical pairs\u2019 \u2013 of the two Korean-born sisters, Soo- Kyung Hong (cello) and Soo-Jin Hong (violin), with Soo-Kyung and her husband, Danish pianist Jens Elvekjaer. They quickly gained a reputation for their fresh and contemporary approach to the core repertoire. \u201cWorks by Beethoven, Schubert and Brahms are transformed in their hands into the alive-and-kicking music of today\u201d said Danish Broadcasting\u2019s Esben Tange. Winning almost all of the major competitions for piano trio \u2013 including the ARD (Munich), Vittorio Gui (Florence), Trondheim Competition (Norway), Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson (USA), Allianz Prize (Germany) and the prestigious \u201cP2 Artists Prize\u201d (Denmark) \u2013 they are regularly heard at the world\u2019s leading venues and concert series. Among these, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Wigmore Hall, Berlin Pierre Boulez-Saal, Concertgebouw, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Seoul Arts Centre, Louvre Paris and of course their beloved \u201chome venues\u201d, DR Koncerthuset and the Tivoli Concert Hall, in Copenhagen.<\/p>\n

Trio con Brio Copenhagen plays a central role in Scandinavia\u2019s vibrant contemporary music scene. Leading composers have dedicated works to the Trio. They were enormously honoured that Per N\u00f8rg\u00e5rd dedicated to them a new piece celebrating his 80th birthday in 2012. In January 2016 the trio presented the world premiere of Bent S\u00f8rensen\u2019s Triple Concerto with the Danish National Orchestra, a work that won the prestigious Grawemeyer Award. They premiered Sven-David Sandstr\u00f6m\u2019s Triple Concerto, a work that marks his 70th birthday.<\/p>\n

The ensemble\u2019s recordings have received tremendous critical acclaim. The latest album of Shostakovich and Arensky trios (Orchid Classics) was a Gramophone <\/em>\u201cEditor\u2019s Choice\u201d and also singled out by BBC Music Magazine <\/em>as a \u201cChamber Choice\u201d of the month. The disc also just won the German Record Critics’ Award (Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik<\/em>), and was singled out among other winning titles including the Berlin Philharmonic, Frank Peter Zimmermann, and Quatuor Eb\u00e8ne. An album featuring the complete Beethoven piano trios (Orchid Classics) garnered broad, enthusiastic praise from critics and fans alike with[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=\u00bb100″ gutter_size=\u00bb3″ override_padding=\u00bbyes\u00bb column_padding=\u00bb2″ overlay_alpha=\u00bb50″ shift_x=\u00bb0″ shift_y=\u00bb0″ shift_y_down=\u00bb0″ z_index=\u00bb0″ medium_width=\u00bb0″ mobile_width=\u00bb0″ width=\u00bb1\/2″ uncode_shortcode_id=\u00bb155701″][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=\u00bb141213″]the BBC Music Magazine <\/em>calling it \u201ca triumph.\u201d The Trio has also recorded the work of leading Scandinavian composers, including Per N\u00f8rg\u00e5rd, Bent S\u00f8rensen and Sven-David Sandstr\u00f6m, who have written works for the group.<\/p>\n

Reviews are fulsome. \u201cOne of the greatest performances of chamber music I\u2019ve ever encountered,\u201d praised American Record Guide. Gramophone wrote, \u201cSuperb…Any group would be hard-pressed to imitate this blend of verve and poise…\u201d WWW. TRIOCONBRIO.DK<\/p>\n

Their Mendelssohn album was chosen by the UK\u2019s Classic FM as the Best Chamber Music Disc of the year: \u201cEvery phrase soars and pulsates with the excitement of a fresh discovery as the Copenhagen players go the full distance with playing of skin-rippling sensitivity… sensational playing…\u201d. Their Tchaikovsky and Smetana recording was hailed by The Guardian, \u201c… Trio con Brio Copenhagen scale Tchaikovsky\u2019s heights with the verve their name suggests …\u201d The trio\u2019s most recent recordings of the complete Beethoven piano trios were received with the highest critical acclaim, with comments such as \u201c… I was struck… by the feeling of improvisation; of three players moving forward together into a strange and wonderful new world…\u201d (Gramophone).<\/p>\n

Trio con Brio Copenhagen serves as artistic directors of the annual festival, Chamber Music at Lundsgaard, and the Hellerup Chamber Music Society in Copenhagen.<\/p>\n

Soo-Jin plays an Andrea Guarneri violin, Soo-Kyung plays a Grancino cello, and Jens is Denmark\u2019s first Steinway Artist. Both string players are endorsed by Jargar Strings and Thomastik-Infeld Vienna.<\/p>\n

All three members of the trio knew right from the start that they would find their musical identities as a piano trio: \u201cThere is something about the configuration of a trio, about that triangle, that somehow focuses and amplifies the special understanding that we all have as people and as musicians. It is both a freedom and a fulfillment.\u201d.[\/vc_column_text][vc_button button_color=\u00bbcolor-161817″ radius=\u00bbbtn-round\u00bb wide=\u00bbyes\u00bb border_width=\u00bb0″ button_color_type=\u00bbuncode-palette\u00bb uncode_shortcode_id=\u00bb162908″ link=\u00bburl:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mendialduamusic.com%2Fen%2Fartista%2Ftrio-con-brio-copenhagen_es.pdf\u00bb]Descargar biograf\u00eda[\/vc_button][vc_button button_color=\u00bbcolor-161817″ radius=\u00bbbtn-round\u00bb wide=\u00bbyes\u00bb border_width=\u00bb0″ button_color_type=\u00bbuncode-palette\u00bb uncode_shortcode_id=\u00bb197573″ link=\u00bburl:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mendialduamusic.com%2Fen%2Fartista%2Ftrio-con-brio-copenhagen_en.pdf\u00bb]Download biography[\/vc_button][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=\u00bb0″ back_color=\u00bbcolor-gyho\u00bb overlay_alpha=\u00bb50″ gutter_size=\u00bb3″ column_width_percent=\u00bb100″ shift_y=\u00bb0″ z_index=\u00bb0″ content_parallax=\u00bb0″ uncode_shortcode_id=\u00bb118180″ back_color_type=\u00bbuncode-palette\u00bb][vc_column column_width_percent=\u00bb100″ gutter_size=\u00bb3″ override_padding=\u00bbyes\u00bb column_padding=\u00bb2″ overlay_alpha=\u00bb50″ shift_x=\u00bb0″ shift_y=\u00bb0″ shift_y_down=\u00bb0″ z_index=\u00bb0″ medium_width=\u00bb0″ mobile_width=\u00bb0″ width=\u00bb1\/1″ uncode_shortcode_id=\u00bb273324″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=\u00bb100″ align_horizontal=\u00bbalign_center\u00bb gutter_size=\u00bb3″ overlay_alpha=\u00bb50″ shift_x=\u00bb0″ shift_y=\u00bb0″ shift_y_down=\u00bb0″ z_index=\u00bb0″ medium_width=\u00bb0″ mobile_width=\u00bb0″ width=\u00bb1\/1″ uncode_shortcode_id=\u00bb107072″][vc_gallery el_id=\u00bbgallery-799062″ medias=\u00bb159502,159437″ gutter_size=\u00bb0″ media_items=\u00bbmedia|lightbox|original,icon,caption\u00bb screen_lg=\u00bb1000″ screen_md=\u00bb600″ screen_sm=\u00bb480″ single_width=\u00bb3″ images_size=\u00bbfive-four\u00bb single_shape=\u00bbround\u00bb single_overlay_color=\u00bbcolor-161817″ single_overlay_opacity=\u00bb50″ single_v_position=\u00bbbottom\u00bb single_padding=\u00bb2″ single_title_family=\u00bbfont-846016″ single_title_dimension=\u00bbh3″ single_title_weight=\u00bb400″ lbox_skin=\u00bbwhite\u00bb uncode_shortcode_id=\u00bb887222″][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=\u00bb377851″]www.trioconbrio.dk<\/a> \u01c0 Instagram<\/a> \u01c0 Facebook<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[vc_row row_height_percent=\u00bb0″ back_color=\u00bbcolor-lxmt\u00bb overlay_alpha=\u00bb50″ gutter_size=\u00bb3″ column_width_percent=\u00bb100″ shift_y=\u00bb0″ z_index=\u00bb0″ content_parallax=\u00bb0″ uncode_shortcode_id=\u00bb195599″ back_color_type=\u00bbuncode-palette\u00bb][vc_column column_width_percent=\u00bb100″ gutter_size=\u00bb3″ override_padding=\u00bbyes\u00bb column_padding=\u00bb2″ overlay_alpha=\u00bb50″ shift_x=\u00bb0″ shift_y=\u00bb0″ shift_y_down=\u00bb0″ z_index=\u00bb0″ […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":159437,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"portfolio_category":[80],"class_list":["post-159436","portfolio","type-portfolio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","portfolio_category-cuarteto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mendialduamusic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/159436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mendialduamusic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mendialduamusic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/portfolio"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mendialduamusic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mendialduamusic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159436"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.mendialduamusic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/159436\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":159829,"href":"https:\/\/www.mendialduamusic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/159436\/revisions\/159829"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mendialduamusic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mendialduamusic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"portfolio_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mendialduamusic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_category?post=159436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}