VSO Masterworks Series Opens with Famed Kalichstein-Laredo Robinson Trio

The Vermont Symphony Orchestra 2012/2013 Masterworks Series opens with the acclaimed Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio performing Beethoven’s Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello and Piano.  This exciting program also features Concerto Grosso No.1 (for strings and piano obligatto, performed by Joseph Kalichstein) by Ernst Bloch and Stravinsky’s Suite from Pulcinella, with music director Jaime Laredo conducting.  The concert, the first of five Masterworks Series concerts this year, will be held at the Flynn Center in Burlington on Saturday, October 27 at 8 p.m.

     The Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio is known as America ’s premier trio.  After thirty-six years of success all over the world, including many award-winning recordings and newly commissioned works, the trio continues to dazzle audiences and critics alike with its performances.  Since making their debut at the White House for President Carter's Inauguration in January 1977, pianist Joseph Kalichstein, violinist Jaime Laredo and cellist Sharon Robinson have set the standard for performance of the piano trio literature.  As one of the only long-lived ensembles with all of its original members, the trio balances the careers of three internationally-acclaimed soloists while making annual appearances at many of the world's major concert halls, commissioning spectacular new works, and maintaining an active recording agenda.  “Among the superstars of the chamber music world,” notes The Washington Post, “few induce as much open-mouthed rapture as the Kalishstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio.”

     Jaime Laredo and Sharon Robinson live in Guilford , Vermont , and both serve on the esteemed instrumental and chamber music faculty at The Cleveland Institute of Music.  Joseph Kalichstein is a long-revered teacher at the Juilliard School of Music.

     A pre-concert discussion, “Musically Speaking,” moderated by Vermont Public Radio host Joe Goetz will be held at 7 p.m., free for members of the audience.  The discussion will feature Joseph Kalichstein, Sharon Robinson and Jaime Laredo, providing entertaining insight into the music, composers and musicians themselves.

     Concerts by the VSO are made possible in part by the State of Vermont and
individuals, businesses and foundations throughout Vermont .  Vermont Public Radio is
the co-sponsor for the 2012/2013 season.  WCVT-FM is the 2012/2013 Masterworks series media sponsor.  Additional support is provided by the Concert Artists Fund of the Vermont Community Foundation, and the Lintilhac Foundation.  The October concert is also made possible in part by Windstream and Bravo Society members Ed and Nancy Colodny.

     Single tickets for the October concert start at $16.  Student tickets are available for $9.  For additional information or tickets, please visit the FlynnTix Regional Box Office website at www.flyntix.org, telephone (802) 86-FLYNN (863-5966), or visit the VSO website at www.vso.org.  Subscriptions for the five-concert Masterworks series range from $68 to $261, $45 for students.  For series subscriptions, please call the VSO office at 800-864-9293, extension 10.