TRIO AGORA
Trio Agora is one of the most innovative chamber music ensembles in Europe. Since it was founded in 2015, the trio has delighted audiences with a repertoire that includes classical works, contemporary compositions and its own transcriptions.
In 2018, the three exceptional musicians won 1st prize at the Rubinstein Chamber Music Competition in Düsseldorf and were finalists in the “Ton & Erklärung” and Ysaÿe (2021) competitions.
With the album “Hotel Tango”, released in 2023, the trio presented a musical journey through the history of the tango - from its roots in the habanera to modern interpretations. The highlight is an original arrangement of Astor Piazzolla's “Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas” by Žilvinas Brazauskas, which combines jazz, dance and classical elements.
Since 2026, Julia Hamos—a former student of András Schiff and Daniel Barenboim and now an internationally acclaimed soloist—has taken on the role of pianist in the Trio Agora.
Chamber music can be so lively, familiar and yet always surprising - when it is presented by such a “dream team” (concert review).
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“Seldom is the word “magic” so fitting as it was tonight.”
(Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung)
June 02, 2026 - 7:30pm
(doors open 6:45pm)
Trio Agora
Žilvinas Brazauskas (clarinet)
Natania Hoffman (cello)
Julia Hamos (piano)
program:
Louise Farrenc: Trio in E-flat major, op. 44
Louise Farrenc was one of the most remarkable musical figures of 19th-century France: an acclaimed pianist, a successful composer, and a professor at the Paris Conservatoire for decades—a truly exceptional figure of her time.
Her late Trio in E-flat major combines classical clarity of form with romantic warmth. Particularly in the slow movement, an intimate, almost song-like musical language unfolds, while the minuet and finale captivate with their elegance, rhythmic energy, and subtle interplay.
Paul Juon: Trio Miniatures, op. 18a, 24a
Four characterful miniatures ranging from dreaminess and melancholy to dance-like exuberance:
The Moscow-born composer with Swiss roots lived in Berlin from 1894 to 1934, where he was regarded as a subtle master of chamber music. Juon combines late-Romantic timbres with subtle irony and surprising twists. From the floating Rêverie to the spirited Danse phantastique, a musical cosmos unfolds that is as poetic as it is colorful.
Johannes Brahms:
Trio for clarinet, cello & piano, op. 114
One of Johannes Brahms’s very late great masterpieces, composed after he “discovered” the clarinet for himself—thanks to the brilliant clarinetist Richard Mühlfeld. The music seems bathed in a gentle light; a serenity and stillness prevail that feel like a tender farewell to the world.