Ensembles

Khachaturian Trio was founded as the trio “Arsika” in 1999. The ensemble had tours in over 100 cities in 40 countries, performed in most famous concert halls, such as Musikverein, Wien, Laiezhalle, Hamburg, Gewandhaus, Leipzig, Gasteig-Philharmonie, Munich, Purcell Room, London, Suntory hall, Tokyo, Koerner Hall, Toronto. Participated in a number of prestigious festivals - the Festival de las Artes (Costa Rica), Festival International Cervantino (Mexico), "Russiche Kammermusikfest" in Hamburg, Malta International Music Festival to name a few. Trio’s performances have been frequently broadcasted by TV and Radio.

Nine CDs, dedicated to Armenian and Russian music, were recorded by musicians, including CD with music of Khachaturian and Maltese composer Alexey Shor, released by Sony, mono-CD of Alexandre Arutyunyan's music, double CD, dedicated to chamber music of Aram Khachaturian, trios by Tchaikovsky, Arensky (d-moll), Babadjanyan, Schostakovich (e-moll), CD, dedicated to the music of Armenian modern composers (Adjemian, Babayan, Chaushian), two CDs with most famous Armenian classical pieces.

The musical critics highly praise Khachaturian Trio’s virtuous performances, subtle sense of style, warmest sound, brilliant and deep musicality. From 2006 the Trio has been performing in the following members: Armine Grigoryan – piano, Karen Shahgaldyan – violin, Karen Kocharyan – cello. Members of the Trio are involved in pedagogic activity giving master classes in music schools of various regions of Armenia. The Trio performs actively, during these years Khachaturian Trio has played about 70 concerts in a season.
In 2008 the ensemble was renamed after the outstanding Armenian composer Aram Khachaturian.

In 2010 the musicians together with Aram Khachaturian’s close friend, benefactor Assadour Guzelian, established Classical Music Development Foundation, which helped them to improve their educational and charity activity.

The Trio di Parma – Alberto Miodini (piano), Ivan Rabaglia (violin) e Enrico Bronzi (cello) – was formed in 1990 at the A. Boito Conservatory of Music in Parma, Italy, and went on to further studies with the Trio di Trieste at the Fiesole School of Music in Florence and the Accademia Chigiana in Siena. In 2000 the Trio was invited to participate in the Isaac Stern Chamber Music Workshop at Carnegie Hall in New York.

The Trio di Parma has won for itself the highest acclaim at the Concorso Internazionale “Vittorio Gui” in Florence, Italy, as well as the International chamber music Competitions of Melbourne (Australia), ARD Munich (Germany) and Lyon (France). In 1994, the Trio was awarded the Abbiati Prize by the Italian National Association of Music Critics as best chamber music ensemble. The Trio di Parma has been a guest of the most important musical institutions both at home in Italy (Accademia di S. Cecilia in Rome, Societá del Quartetto in Milan, Amici della Musica in Florence, Unione Musicale in Turin, Gran Teatro la Fenice in Venice, GOG in Genoa, Accademia Filarmonica Romana) and in other countries (Berlin Philharmonic, Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center in New York, London’s Wigmore Hall, Konzerthaus of Vienna, Saint Petersburg Philharmonic, Lockenhaus Festival, the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, the Barossa Music Festival, Lyon, Hamburg, Dublin, Warsaw, Los Angeles, Washington, Adelaide, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paolo).

It has collaborated with important musicians such as Vladimir Delman, Carl Melles, Pavel Vernikov, Bruno Giuranna, Alessandro Carbonare, Eduard Brunner and has taken part in numerous TV and radio recordings for the Italian state network RAI as well as various foreign stations (Bayerischer Rundfunk, NDR, WDR, MDR, Radio Bremen, ORT, ABC-Classic Australia). They have also recorded the complete Trios of Beethoven, Schubert (Decca), Schumann, Brahms, Dvorak, Pizzetti e Shostakovich, as well as the chamber music for trio of Pizzetti, Liszt and Tchaikovsky.

Trio di Parma holds instrumental and chamber music courses at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, the Mozarteum in Salzburg, the Conservatory of Music in Parma and Fondazione Santa Cecilia in Portogruaro.

Ivan Rabaglia plays a violin Giuseppe Baldantoni made in Ancona in 1850 and Enrico Bronzi plays a cello Vincenzo Panormo made in London in 1775.

For many years, Hans-Peter and Volker Stenzl have been sought-after professors of piano worldwide.

Prof. Hans-Peter Stenzl teaches piano solo (Stuttgart) and piano duo (Rostock).

Prof. Volker Stenzl teaches piano solo (Trossingen) and piano duo (Rostock).

A vast number of international prize-winners testify to the Stenzls' successful tuition, which is well-known for its balance of physical (posture, movements, fingerings, breath) and mental issues (personal interpretation, architecture, emotional precision).

Hans-Peter and Volker Stenzl have long set a benchmark for musical intelligence and piano duo playing at the highest level. Critics marvel at the "freedom of a soloist with four hands" as well as at their nuanced illumination of the complex scores, pushing down to the subtlest ramifications.

Studies in Stuttgart (with Renate Werner) and Frankfurt (with Herbert Seidel) were followed by a two-year postgraduate course with Frank Wibaut, Hamish Milne and Stephen Kovacevich at the Royal Academy of Music London (concert diplomas solo and duo with distinction) and private lessons with Alfred Brendel. Further valuable artistic inspiration came from Bruno Canino and Norbert Brainin.