The Chamber Music Society of Detroit has announced that the 2009 winner of the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson International Trio Award is the Morgenstern Trio. After a call for nominations sent internationally to classical music presenters, musicians, educators and other professionals, the trio was selected in New York by a panel comprising musicians Jonathan Biss, Joel Krosnick, Jamie Laredo, Sharon Robinson and Michael Tree, and two Award presenters, Jeremy Geffen, Carnegie Hall, and Shauna Quill, the University of Chicago Presents. Formed in 2005 at the Folkwang Academy in Essen, Germany, the Morgenstern Trio consists of pianist Catherine Klipfel from France, violinist Stefan Hempel from Germany (who joined the ensemble in the summer of 2009, succeeding violinist Nina Reddig) and cellist Emanuel Wehse from Germany. The Trio will commence its Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson International Trio Award tour in 2010-2011 and complete it in 2011-2012. For the complete press release, please click on the link below.

Press Release: Triumph for Morgenstern  Trio: German Piano Trio Awarded Prestigious Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson International Trio Award