Biography

 

In 2005, the FLATIRON TRIO formed and named themselves after the architectural landmark of their neighborhood in New York City, the city's first skyscraper, a symbol of the alliance of modernity and grace. Last season, they performed at Carnegie Hall and were featured live on radio and TV broadcasts from the Chicago Cultural Center. They have also performed in Canada, Slovenia and in festivals in Italy and Croatia. Their first recording will feature a monumental work - one they themselves had premiered - by the Spanish composer Octavio Vasquez.

 

The FLATIRON TRIO is made up of the Israeli-American violinist Nurit Pacht, the Canadian cellist Jeremy Findlay and the Russian pianist Elena Braslavsky. The members were performing together in chamber music festivals throughout Europe when they first met in Cracow, Poland in 1995, ten years prior to their official formation. Individually, the performers have played as soloists and as chamber musicians in most of the worlds great concert halls to great critical acclaim. They have each commissioned and performed new works by some of the leading composers of our time.

 

The FLATIRON TRIO is also dedicated to children and to education. The members have taught at the Juilliard School of Music, Mannes College in New York, the Special Music School in New York, Encore School for Strings and the Mozarteum in Salzburg. The FLATIRON TRIO has also given master classes and seminars at the Lucy Moses School at the Kaufman Center in New York.