Calendar of Cultural Events

Please verify dates and times with The Kosciuszko Foundation Director of Cultural Affairs
Tom Pniewski -- (212) 734-2130 ext. 214

Apollo Piano Trio in Concert
Sunday, November 11 at 3pm
Tickets are $25 ($20 for KF members).
As space is limited, reservations are strongly recommended, and can be made by calling the Foundation Office at (212) 734-2130.

The Apollo Trio will perform Sunday, November 11 at 3 PM with a reception and discussion with the artists after the concert.The program includes the dramatic but rarely-heard Piano Trio, Op. 1, of contemporary Polish composer Andrzej Panufnik, as well as the beloved F Minor Trio of Dvorak and Haydn’s Trio in B-flat.

Already well known as soloists and chamber players throughout the United States and Europe, violinist Curtis Macomber, cellist Michael Kannen, and pianist Marija Stroke play together as the Apollo Trio. Three passionate and intelligent musicians, the Apollo Trio members have been critically acclaimed for "vitality and poetic fire," "depth of feeling and technical excellence" and "music making of stature and substance" by Strad Magazine, Fanfare and London’s Daily Telegraph.
The Apollo Trio has performed in France, Switzerland and the United States. New York performances have included appearances at Caramoor, Bargemusic, the Mostly Mozart Festival in Avery Fisher Hall and at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. The Trio will perform at the Kennedy Center in the 2008-2009 season.

Former first violinist of the New World String Quartet and a renowned champion of new music, Mr. Macomber has made over twenty recordings, including two acclaimed discs of contemporary solo violin music. A member of the new music ensemble Speculum Musicae, Mr. Macomber is on the faculties of the Julliard School and the Manhattan School of Music.

Michael Kannen, formerly the cellist of the Naumburg Award winning Brentano String Quartet, of which he was a founding member, has performed in major concert halls throughout the world — including London’s Wigmore Hall, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Sydney Opera House in Australia, Theatre de Chatelet in Paris, and frequently in New York at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall and others. Mr. Kannen is Director of Chamber Music at the Peabody Institute.

Marija Stroke has performed with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the City of London Festival, La Joilla Summerfest, Chamber Music Northwest and in recitals throughout the former Soviet Union. Her concerto performances in France, Germany, Austria and the U.S. have included appearances with the Vienna Mozart Orchestra and the Solisti New York Orchestra,. Her recordings include the complete Grieg Sonatas for violin and piano with Curtis Macomber, and chamber music of Bruce Adolphe with the Brentano String Quartet.

All events take place at the Foundation House, unless otherwise noted. Programs subject to change. Click here for directions.

Kosciuszko Foundation programs are supported by the Mary F. Koons Charitable Trust, the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), the Tadeusz Solowij Literary Fund, and the KF Cultural Fund.

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