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American piano trio. Formed in 1955, it gave its first concert at the Berkshire Music Festival at Tanglewood. It has toured widely, has recorded most of the standard repertory (including all the trios of Haydn and Dvořák) and has been praised for its smoothness, precision and grasp of style.
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The Beaux Arts Trio was a noted piano trio. They made their debut on July 13, 1955 at the Berkshire Music Festival, known today as the Tanglewood Music Center. Their final American concert was held at Tanglewood on August 21, 2008. It was webcasted live and archived on NPR Music. Their final concert of all was in Lucerne, Switzerland on September 6 2008.
The Beaux Arts Trio recorded the entire standard piano trio repertoire. In 2005, the trio celebrated its 50th anniversary with two special CD issues, one featuring their most popular releases through their long years of recording (released by Philips Records), and the other an anniversary collection of new music (released by Warner Records). Throughout its existence, the trio was held together by the founding member, pianist Menahem Pressler. The original members of the trio when it was founded in 1955 were:
It changed this line up on a number of occasions, with later members including:
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