It would be surprising if it was not a Beethoven year but there is a special focus this year. It is a Beethoven year, the 250th anniversary of his birth on Dec. We just did all the Beethoven trios in Italy. “For us it is a typical program for this season. In Ottawa, the trio will be paying Haydn’s Trio in E minor, Brahms’ Trio no.3 in C minor, opus 101 and Beethoven’s Trio in Bb major, opus 97, ‘Archduke’. These day the trio also includes the American violinist David McCarroll and the Austrian cello star Clemens Hagen, who joined in 2018. There have been changes in the lineup over the past 32 years, but Mendl has been the constant presence. The trio formed in 1988 with Mendl, Marcus Trefny on cello and violinist Wolfgang Redik. I was very happy to find people who wanted to play with me.” You have to be gifted in a lot of ways to be in a solo career. “You have to be a very special person to cope with travelling alone and all this demanding memory work. I always feel better with others on stage with me. Even when playing solo, I enjoyed playing with an orchestra more than a recital.
“Piano soloists are the most lonesome of all.
24 at the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre. He is clearly in the former camp, having co-founded the famous Vienna Piano Trio which will perform in Ottawa on Feb. There are some who love to be with others on stage and there are those who want to be a soloist.” When Stefan Mendl began his distinguished career as a pianist he did make a foray as a soloist.īut “I never had a strong feeling for it when I was on stage.
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