Jacques Thibaud Trio with Eugenia Zukerman, flute

Winners in the prestigious 1999 Bonn Chamber Music Competition, the Jacques Thibaud String Trio was founded at the Berlin School of Art in 1994. Since then, the ensemble has performed throughout Europe, Japan and North America, receiving tremendous acclaim from audiences and critics alike. Calling their playing “spontaneous and commanding,” the New York Times said, “this could be the first string trio in some time to have a major career.” As another music critic wrote, “What would attract this generation to concert music? For starters, how about an ensemble whose members look like a boy band, exhibit no apparent pretension and play with the passion of Nine Inch Nails? Meet the Jacques Thibaud String Trio.”

With their charm, youthful exuberance and astounding virtuosity, the Trio has delighted audiences of all ages in large and small venues. In the U.S., they have appeared at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall, New York City’s Frick Collection (twice), Washington DC’s National Gallery, and hundreds of other venues in cities including Boston, Los Angeles, Chicago, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, San Diego, Milwaukee, Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Memphis, Indianapolis, Phoenix, Tucson, Salt Lake City and Honolulu. As Ensemble-in-Residence at the 2001 Florida International Festival, they drew an audience of over two thousand to their final concert.

Internationally, the Trio has appeared at London’s Wigmore Hall, throughout Germany, in major Japanese cities on several tours, and at some of Europe’s most prestigious festivals including Belgium’s Musica Mundi, Gidon Kremer’s Echternach Festival in Luxembourg, and Denmark’s Roskilde Schubert Festival.

Eugenia Zukerman is a veritable Renaissance woman. While maintaining an international concert calendar as soloist with major orchestras or chamber musician, she is also an author, educator, internet entrepreneur, CBS Sunday Morning journalist, and Festival Director. She has enjoyed collaborations with Yo Yo Ma, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, the Shangai String Quartet, Jean-Pierre Rampal and James Galway and now teams up with the amazingly gifted Jacques Thibaud String Trio from Berlin.

Friends of Music Concert Repertoire:

Schubert--Flute Quartet in G Minor (transcribed from the Sonatina for violin and piano By Robert Stallman)

Beethoven--String Trio in C Minor

Francaix--String Trio

CPE Bach--Duo for flute and violin

Mozart--Flute Quart in D Major