Trio Zimbalist's Debut Album Receives Rave Review from Gramophone Magazine

The acclaimed debut recording, featuring three Curtis alumni, is also named to the magazine's March 2024 Editor's Choice list

On January 12, Curtis Studio, the school’s recording label, released its fourth album, the debut recording of Trio Zimbalist: Piano Trios of Weinberg, Auerbach, & Dvořák, featuring three virtuosic works of chamber music performed by distinguished Curtis alumni Josef Špaček (Violin ’09); Timotheos Gavriilidis-Petrin, (Cell0 ’17); and George Xiaoyuan Fu (Piano’16).  Trio Zimbalist’s “astonishingly accomplished debut” was recently praised in Gramophone magazine with a rave review and concurrently named to their March 2024 Editor’s Choice list as one of the best new classical recordings of the month.

Read the review of the “miraculously fresh,” “imaginative,” and “inventive” album HERE, and learn more about the recording HERE.

The release of Trio Zimbalist: Piano Trios of Weinberg, Auerbach, & Dvořák follows Curtis Studio’s acclaimed recordings Portraits (Viano Quartet, 2023), Revival (pianist Michelle Cann, 2023), and Scheherazade (Curtis Symphony Orchestra and Osmo Vänskä, 2022). All albums are distributed by Platoon.

Visit Trio Zimbalist’s website and artist page via Curtis Artist Management.

Photo of Trio Zimbalist by Viktor Jelinek & Visual Narrative.

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