ZAGREB PIANO TRIO WINS FIRST PRIZE AT TRONDHEIM FESTIVAL ZAGREB, Sept 19 (Hina) - A piano trio from Zagreb has won the first prize at the Fifth Festival of Chamber Music 2000 in Trondheim, Norway. Along with last year's second prize
in the Netherlands, this is the trio's second international award, consisting of a money prize and the right to participate in festivals in Hardanger and Bergstaden in June and March 2002. The Fifth Festival of Chamber Music 2000, which took place between September 6 and 10, also included the first international competition of chamber ensembles in two categories - piano trio and strings quartet. The Zagreb piano trio was invited to the competition together with ensembles from Estonia, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland and the Czech Republic on the basis of an audio recording. Sitting on the jury were distinguished international artists Ralph Kirschbaum (presiding), Solve Sigerland, Philip de Groote, Vebjorn Anvik and
ZAGREB, Sept 19 (Hina) - A piano trio from Zagreb has won the first
prize at the Fifth Festival of Chamber Music 2000 in Trondheim,
Norway. Along with last year's second prize in the Netherlands,
this is the trio's second international award, consisting of a
money prize and the right to participate in festivals in Hardanger
and Bergstaden in June and March 2002.
The Fifth Festival of Chamber Music 2000, which took place between
September 6 and 10, also included the first international
competition of chamber ensembles in two categories - piano trio and
strings quartet.
The Zagreb piano trio was invited to the competition together with
ensembles from Estonia, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland and
the Czech Republic on the basis of an audio recording.
Sitting on the jury were distinguished international artists Ralph
Kirschbaum (presiding), Solve Sigerland, Philip de Groote, Vebjorn
Anvik and Ian Brown.
Members of the trio which played in Trondheim are Srebrenka Poljak
(piano), Vlatka Pehljan (violin) and Pavle Zajcev (cello).
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