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Warkworth will join a worldwide celebration to mark the birthday anniversaries of two master composers, Franz Schubert and Johannes Brahms, when the Orion Trio takes the stage at the Warkworth Town Hall on Saturday October 22.
The concert, which will also include pieces written by the young NZ composer Claire Cowan, is the last in Warkworth Music’s 2022 winter series.
Schubert and Brahms were two remarkable composers who were well known for their prolific, rich and varied works, having left behind some of the most beautiful and beloved piano trios.
The Orion Piano Trio has selected two of these piano trios for the Warkworth performance – Schubert’s Piano Trio No.2 in E flat, Op. 100 and Brahms’ Piano Trio No.1 in B.
Members of the trio are Marko Pop Ristov on violin, Marco Ariani on cello and Flavio Villani on piano. All three have extensive international musical careers.
Ristov has been awarded first prize in several international competitions including Performing Australian Music (London 2008), Giovanni Batista Pergolesi (Italy 2003) and Peter Konjovich (Yugoslavia 2001).
Since arriving in New Zealand in 2013, he has been a regular player with the Auckland Philharmonia and the Australian Chamber Orchestra, as well as the section leader of Bach Musica. Last year he was awarded a full research scholarship at the Waikato University.
Ariani began studying the cello at the age of seven, under the guidance of Mº Francesco Pepicelli. He has won several prizes in national and international chamber music competitions, performing duets with pianist Marco Gianferrari and trios with the Trio Gentilucci. He is currently a teacher at the Orazio Vecchi Conservatory of Modena.
Villani is an Italian-born New Zealand citizen living in Auckland. He completed a Bachelor of Piano performance with Matteo Napoli at the Conservatory G.Martucci in conjunction with a Bachelor of IT in Salerno Italy in 2007. He moved to New Zealand in 2008 to follow his dream and in 2012, completed a Master in Piano Performance at the University of Auckland with first class honours under the guidance of pianist Stephen De Pledge. The journey towards his first solo performance with an orchestra was documented in the feature length film Crossing Rachmaninoff. He directs and teaches at L’Accademia in St Heliers.
The concert starts at 4pm. The trio will also perform in Waipu on October 16.
