Flatiron Trio, Trio

Biography

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 in chamber music festivals throughout Europe when they first met in Krakow, Poland in 1995. When they all came to be based in New York City, they named their trio after the architectural landmark of their neighborhood, the city's first skyscraper, a symbol of modernity and grace.

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. This season, the Flatiron Trio will give master classes and seminars at the Lucy Moses School at the Kaufman Center in New York.

Performances in the United States this season include a world premier at Carnegie Hall and the National Arts Club in New York City and at the Tartini Festival in Slovenia.

Individually, the performers have played as soloists and as chamber musicians in most of the world's great concert halls receiving critical acclaim. They each have commissioned and performed new works by some of the leading composers of our time. Ms. Braslavsky was born in Moscow, where she graduated Summa Cum Laude from the Gnesin School of Music; she also holds a Doctorate from The Juilliard School of Music. Mr. Findlay was born into a family of musicians in Toronto, and has performed and recorded with many orchestras, including the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the Warsaw Radio Orchestra, and the Prague Philharmonia. Ms. Pacht grew up in Texas and made her U.S. solo debut with the Houston Symphony Orchestra. She plays on a violin made by Nicola Amati in 1678.