Grachtenfestival: Feniks Trio & Anuschka Pedano

Feniks Trio and violist Anuschka Pedano perform three chamber music masterpieces by Rachmaninoff, Turina, and Schumann at the Uilenburgersjoel in Amsterdam during the Grachtenfestival. All four musicians are students at the Amsterdam Conservatory. Chamber music by young top talents The Feniks Trio — pianist Max Valkenburcht Dombrowski, violinist Tess Verweij, and cellist Jurre Koopmans — shares the stage with violist Anuschka Pedano. All four musicians are students at the Amsterdam Conservatory. Together, they perform three chamber music masterpieces by Rachmaninoff, Turina, and Schumann. A program with depth and color Rachmaninoff wrote his first Trio Élégiaque at the age of eighteen — roughly the age of violinist Tess Verweij. The melancholic tones open the concerto powerfully. Afterwards, Anuschka Pedano joins the trio for Turina's Piano Quartet , which evokes the atmosphere of a Spanish garden in the evening light. Schumann as an impressive finale The program concludes with Schumann's Piano Quartet : less well-known than his Piano Quintet, but at least as brilliant. The classical form gives all instruments an equal role. In the third movement, an unforgettable cello melody is heard, in which the lowest string is tuned a whole tone lower at the end — resulting in a warm, distinctive timbre. Concert hall with history The concert takes place at the Uilenburgersjoel in Amsterdam, a historic synagogue with an intimate atmosphere that enhances the music. Are you interested in this concert? Use the link for tickets.