Trio
Mondrian
piano trio
BBT
Fellowship Winner
2009
Ohad Ben-Ari piano
Daniel Bard violin
Hila Karni cello
In 2007 the Trio won first prize at the prestigious International
Chamber Music Competition in Trieste, Italy, as well as receiving the
"Young Award" and Special Prize for its interpretation of a
Brahms trio. In addition, the Trio recently won the audience
prize at the Bologna Festival (composer Marcello Abbado dedicated a
new work to the group entitled "Trio Mondrian") and
received a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship in 2009. Trio Mondrian
performs regularly in Israel and Europe; recent highlights include La
Fenice, Venice and the Oleg Kagan Festival in Kreuth, Germany. In
Israel, the group has performed in the majority of concert venues and
also at the Upper Galilee Music Festival. In the upcoming concert
season Trio Mondrian will perform in the prestigious Musikhalle in
Hamburg and tour to Spain and Italy. The Trio's first recording,
which includes works by Brahms and Dvorak, has just been released on the Italian label ACM.
- Travel expenses for a tour
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