Embrace by Galan Trio + Zacharias Tarpagkos

There are many ways for music to engage the listening ear; some strident and challenging, some cozy and nourishing. The composers belonging to the worldwide collective, Three Essential Elements, Inc. share a mission for the latter: embracing connections between composers, performers, and listeners (the ‘three essential elements’) through new chamber music.

Created by Classical composers from seven nations (including the UK, US, France, Portugal, and Russia), the eight pieces on Embrace beckon listeners to experience the light of Greece shining upon the Parthenon; the Paris that Gershwin explored; a springtime at Lake Ladoga in Russia; the forest home of the Fenghuang of East Asian mythology; the American Dust Bowl era of work, worry and war; the nurturing water flowing from the Wicklow Mountains of Ireland; an extravagant garden where a lover’s question is contemplated; and a humoresque inspired by the personalities of the playful performers.

Not ones to shrink from tonal harmonies and soaring melodies, exquisitely performed, this new-wine-in-old-bottles collection serves as a rich reward to those who feared that living composers have not been speaking to – let alone embracing – them.

The Athens-based piano trio, Galan Trio is known for their passionate and energetic interpretations of a wide variety of original chamber music. Joining them in this program is star flutist of the Greek National Opera, Zacharias Tarpagkos.

Galan Trio was formed on December 2012, when 3 Greek soloists, Dimitra Triantafyllou - violin, Marina Kolovou - cello and Petros Bouras - piano, decided to play music together.

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