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The ‘new generation’ piano trio hosted by Chamber Music Pittsburgh will take the stage at the Pittsburgh Playhouse located in downtown Pittsburgh on Dec. 11… Jackiw and Tao recently took the time to share their musical journey and one of the many things they have in common is that they both began at a young age.
Carnegie Hall announced programming for their 2023-24 season on February 28, including approximately 170 concerts by many of the world’s leading artists and ensembles, serving audiences in New York City and beyond. As part of their programming, Carnegie will present the Junction Trio on May 3, 2024, with works by Zorn, Ives, and Beethoven.
The young, New York-based musicians are no stranger to Celebrity Series Boston, but this is their first time together as an ensemble for the presenter.
The conjoined players, individually virtuosic, elegant, poetic, bel canto, and fierce, came up to Celebrity Series expectations in every respect...
The cellist Jay Campbell played with a firm yet flexible tone, and violinist Stefan Jackiw was resourceful throughout and especially eloquent in the stormy climaxes of the Schumann.
… a wonderful showcase for the idiosyncratic Junction Trio, an ensemble that… knows neither stylistic nor musical boundaries.
This young, superstar trio is capable of being as cool as it is fiery, and the performers’ strengths bring out the best in each other.
Encountering a “new generation” trio approach this music last night was, at least for this old-timer, a real treat from beginning to end.
Jackiw, 37, says he doesn’t mind sharing the bill. “It’s a pleasure to play with two people who have made me grow so much as a musician, expanding my taste and also my thinking about rehearsing and interpreting great music. Being in a trio has been a dream of mine since my 20s.”
The phenomenon of the supergroup—comprised of prominent artists and sometimes fueled by clashing egos—has surfaced in every major genre, from rock and opera to chamber music. It wasn’t on the agenda of violinist Stefan Jackiw, cellist Jay Campbell, and pianist Conrad Tao when they gathered at Tao’s Manhattan apartment in late 2015 to read through Mendelssohn’s D minor piano trio. But out of this meetup grew the Junction Trio, and the label of classical music supergroup began to stick.