Mendelssohn Piano Trio Information

Currently Ensemble-in-Residence for Washington DC's Embassy Series, Messiah College as well as "Chamber Music in Grantham" summer festival, the Mendelssohn Piano Trio is one of the most exciting ensembles on the national and international music scene. Pianist, Ya-Ting Chang is from Taiwan; violinist, Peter Sirotin is from Russia; and cellist, Fiona Thompson is from England. The Washington Post has described the group's Brahms cycle of piano trios and piano quartets presented by the Embassy Series as "unfathomably beautiful", "transcendent" and "electrifying". The group has also presented a cycle of complete Beethoven piano trios in Portugal and Washington DC to critical acclaim. The trio has recently signed a five-year contract with Centaur Records Inc. to record a cycle of complete Haydn Piano Trios. The American Record Guide, Fanfare Magazine and others have praised the trio's many recordings released on Centaur Records. Numerous classical music stations in the United States have also featured these recordings as well as CDs that the group recorded abroad. The trio's performance at the National Concert Hall in Taipei, Taiwan was recorded for the Taiwanese classical music TV channel and their concert at the National Gallery of Arts was broadcasted on NPR's "Performance Today" program.