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Cairo and Alexandria

In the fall and winter of 2021 we were truly successful in navigating clear of the cliffs of pandemics. At Velenje Festival we gave the first concert since the outbreak of the pandemics, a very emotinal experience. Our début in St. Pölten Festival Hall took place just before lockdown. From the following general interruption of […]

Three times Marx in Budapest, Isny and Innsbruck!

We are very happy to present the Trio-Phantasy by Joseph Marx soon in three concerts:  in Budapest on the 28th of February,  in Isny/Allgäu on 5th March and at the prestiguos venue: Meister- und Kammermusikkonzerte in Innsbruck on 9th March!   For further information have a look at “events”        

From Austria to Australia

Looking forward to our first concert tour to Australia:  We are going to perform in Melbourne on 8 June 2017 Piano Trios by Haydn, Murphy and “our” piano trio by Franz Schubert in E-flat-major: and at the Woodend Winter Arts Festival the program: Bohemia near the sea. 

New Videos online!

Thanks to Martin Teschner and Krystian Nowakowski!  Watch and listen on our page under the “music” button and enjoy!

China

After our tour through wonderful summer festivals (in Spain, Italy, Croatia and Austria) we are happy to announce our concerts in China:  Looking forward to China, Chengchengs family and friends and the theatres and their audiences in Dalian and Shenyang!  2 September 2017  http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/IRTOQ8hJgUxaQEOq-jibmg   (Dalian Theatre) 3 and 4 September 2017 http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/AS5xTm_bnKxKsJE_1NyJjg   (Liaoning […]

CD Release and Video: SCHUBERT

Our new recording is out now:    english subtitles available    Released in July 2017  click here for our discography 

Debuts at Musikverein Vienna, Concertgebouw Amsterdam

After an eventful year with journeys on four continents we are glad again to play more frequently at Vienna and in the Danube area. In particular we are looking forward to our debuts at the Musikverein Wien, at Philharmonie in Bratislava, and in Budapest. In the summer we will perform in the beautiful hall of […]

Franz Schubert – at the 10th anniversary!

We are happy to have nearly completed a decade of common Alba years. We will celebrate this achievement next year in performances at Innsbruck, Wien, Heidelberg, Bern, Sion, Bogotà, and Merano with one of the most wonderful works for piano trio ever written, the trio in E-flat major by Franz Schubert. The trio is the first work […]

From Heidelberger Frühling to the Fall in Meran

In 2019 we looked back on ten common years as Trio Alba, and since our beginning was marked by Franz Schubert and his famous Trio in E-flat major, we celebrated the event during the whole year with a concert tour centering around this masterpiece. The first concert took place in January, within the series of […]

NEW CD with Smetana/ Shostakovich

Recorded in 2021 and now released!! Love and death, despair and consolation – the piano trios by Smetana and Shostakovich provide space for extreme ranges of expression and new spheres of sound. „Trio Alba unreservedly accedes to the profundity of these frames of mind, and the enthusiasm of a young love that pervades Shostakovich’s first […]

“Fugitive Pieces” Premieres in Canada, USA, Europe

Soon, our summer tour will start with the Canadian premiere of „Fugitive Pieces“, a newly-commissioned piano trio by Helmut Jasbar. Premieres afterwards in the U.S., Italy and Danmark. Listen there also to Smetana’s intense and lyrical Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 15 and Schubert’s magnificent Piano Trio in B flat major, D. 898 Helmut Jasbar, Fugitive Pieces […]

Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival 2015

Thanks to the organizers of the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival and especially of the Musikfest Pronstorf. It was wonderful to perform here. A completely sold out former cowshed with a great audience of 800 attentive and enthusiastic listeners, 84 degree Fahrenheit, rapturous applause, the fantastic humorous moderation and discussion on stage (thanks to Ludwig Hartmann of […]

The New Austrian Sound Of Music 2016/17

We are happy to announce that we have been selected for the funding program NASOM (The New Austrian Sound Of Music) for the years 2016/17 by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs.

Pasticcio Prize for Marx CD

We are thrilled and happy to announce that our latest recording with works by Austrians forgotten composer Joseph Marx was awarded the Pasticcio Prize by Austrian national broadcast Ö1 and “Der Standard”. (Pasticcio broadcast with Helmut Jasbar  25.06.2015 – 7 days available online)   Many thanks to Ö1 and Standard. More infos about the CD here.

new website online

Our new website is online!! Many thanks to Anna Weninger for the graphic design and Andreas Untersteggaber for the technical realization. Have fun surfing on our new pages. 🙂

Radstadt: Paul Hofhaimer Tage

Looking forward to the Höch-Castle and our program with piano trio s by Haydn, Murphy and Franz Schubert:  Saturday, 27 May at 8 pm  Castle Höch near Radstadt https://www.salzburgerland.com/de/magazin/paul-hofhaimer-tage-radstadt/

What they say…

Wir freuen uns über einige sehr schöne Kritiken und Auszeichungen unserer Schubert CD:   “stunning new recording”   Audiophile Audition  (27.09.2017)     “Wunderbarer Schubert” Pizzicato – Remy Franck’s Journal about Classical Music  (27.08.2017)     “what is usually only seen on paper is heard”   HRAudioNet. (August 2017)   “Bravo!” Auswahl CDs des Monats im Crescendo-Magazin (September-Oktober 2017) […]

7. Mai Jeunesse Konzert in Wien

Wir freuen uns sehr auf unser Jeunesse-Konzert in Wien am 07. Mai um 19:30 im MuTh – Konzertsaal der Wiener Sängerknaben Am Augartenspitz 1 1020 Wien Am Programm stehen zwei wunderschöne impressionistische Stücke “Soir” und “Matin” von Mel Bonis, ein spritziges Trio von W. A. Mozart. Außerdem die österreichische Erstaufführung von “Search my Heart”, ein Werk, […]

Konzerte im Mozarteum Salzburg

Kostbare Raritäten in leuchtenden Farben.   “Das Trio Alba gastierte am Dienstag (3.11.) im Wiener Saal mit einem Programm, wie es sein soll: Zwischen zwei Standardwerken erfreuten Stücke von Komponistinnen, die wohl noch nie in Salzburg erklungen sind. Das junge, engagierte Ensemble gab eine sehr erfreuliche Visitenkarte ab.”       Zwei Konzerte im wunderschönen […]

11. FEB Konzert im Musikverein Graz

….unser nächstes Konzert in der Kammermusikreihe des Grazer Musikvereins im Stephaniensaal. am 11.02.2016 um 19:30 Uhr im Stephaniensaal des Grazer Congress:   “gefeiert – vergessen – wiederentdeckt” Auf dem diesmal österreichischen Programm steht neben Schuberts B-Dur Trio die grandiose Trio-Phantasie des Grazer Komponisten Joseph Marx. Nach unserer preisgekrönten CD-Einspielung dieser wunderbaren spätromantischen Musik freuen wir […]

Joseph Marx

with Wen Xiao Zheng, Viola MDG – Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm