Trio Johannes

TRIO JOHANNES

The “Trio Johannes” was born in 1993 from the encounter of the cellist Massimo Polidori with the duo composed by Francesco Manara and Claudio Voghera, already engaged for some years in the deepening of chamber music repertoire and guest of the main concert institutions.
The three musicians individually boast important successes: Francesco Manara was chosen by Riccardo Muti to take the position of first violin soloist in the Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala in Milan and in 1993 he won the First Prize at the Geneva International Competition; Massimo Polidori after winning the First Virtuosity Prize of the Geneva Conservatory, holds the position of First Cello in the Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala in Milan; Claudio Voghera, principal piano teacher at the Conservatory of Turin, a former student of Aldo Ciccolini, in 1993 he won the "Grand Prix de Sonates Violon et Piano" of the Lausanne Academy.
Thanks to a scholarship from the "De Sono Associazione per la Musica", the Trio Johannes studied at the Chamber Music International Higher School of the “Trio di Trieste”, with the Maestros De Rosa, Zanettovich and Baldovino, achieving in 1995 the Diploma of Merit.
Since then the trio has been a guest of important concert companies such as, among others, “gli Amici della Musica” of Padova, Vicenza, Florence and Perugia, the Bologna Festival, the Gog of Genova, Unione Musicale of Turin and the “Radio della Suisse Romande” in Geneva; In May 2000 the trio made a tour in South America organized by Cidim playing in the main concert halls of Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil. Thanks to a project supported by the “Amici della Musica” of Vicenza, the trio recorded its first CD with music by Beethoven and Brahms for the “Sicut Sol" record label .
The trio boasts important successes at international level: in 1998 the II Prize at the "III Concorso Internazionale Premio Trio di Trieste", in 1999 the II Prize at the "3rd International Chamber Music Competition" in Osaka; in 2001 it was also the winner of the "50th Concert Artists Guild Competition" in New York and has made its debut in the United States in the 2002 season, playing for major concert companies including Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall in New York, the Pittsburgh Chamber Music Society and the Market Square Concerts of Harrisburg.