The Chamber Music Association was established in Duino, Trieste, by a notarial deed dated 14th of November 1995 and formalizing the existence of a group of five people gathered to give birth to an operational entity, which, with the organization of musical events, might preserve and pay homage to the outstanding activity and sophisticated interpretation of chamber music by the Trio di Trieste musical ensemble.
The first initiative to bring forth the objectives of the association was the “PREMIO TRIO DI TRIESTE” - International Competition for Chamber Music Ensembles with piano. After that the Chamber Music Association started promoting several concerts, with an important annual venue.
The founding group was composed of the following: Benedetto de Bernard, as the President of the Association, Tullio Corzani, as the Vice-President, Fedra Florit, as the Secretary and Treasurer, Vittorio Giammusso and Mario Pines.
In September 2001, the Friuli Venezia Giulia Autonomous Region, by Presidential Decree No. 0336, approved the Articles of Association of the Chamber Music Association and recognized its juridical personality.
At this time, the Association’s main office is situated in Trieste, Via S. Nicolò 7, and the Executive Committee is now composed by: Maria Luisa Vaccari (President), Michele Lacalamita (Vice-President), Antonio Fogazzaro (Treasurer), Luigi Cattin, Paola Pavesi. The Executive Committee is supported in the organization of the various events by regular, meritorious and contributing members, according to the guidelines set out in the Articles of Association. According to the law, a meeting of the members of the association shall be called every year for the approval of the budget plan and final financial statement.
Fedra Florit is the Artistic Director for all events. She is a pianist, music critic, chamber music teacher in Conservatory and former student of the Trio di Trieste.
The idea of establishing a competition shaped after the activity and the interpretation criteria of the Trio di Trieste ensemble stemmed from an initiative promoted by Prof. Fedra Florit, who, together with the Trio di Trieste masters, has selected every year the members of the prestigious jury and meticulously defined the repertoire to be executed during the three preliminary heats indicated in the rules of the competition. According to such rules, Dario De Rosa, pianist of the Trio di Trieste ensemble, shall always be present in the Jury as Honorary President.
From its first edition in 1996 to its latest in 2011, 514 chamber ensembles have enrolled in the Competition, with a total of 1115 musicians, ranging from duos to quintets and coming from 29 countries in the world. That means 170 presences in Trieste between competitors, jury, press and critics for each edition of the Competition.
For the evaluation of such young musicians, the most prestigious names of the international musical arena have been selected as the jury, such as Franco Gulli, Rocco Filippini, Boris Bekhterev, Piero Farulli, Alexander Lonquich, Aldo Ciccolini, Franco Rossi, Konstantin Bogino, Peter Maag, Viktor Pikayzen, Norbert Brainin, Koichiro Harada, François-Joël Thiollier, Arnaldo Cohen, Elisso Virsaladze, Peter Maag, Dmitri Bashkirov, Hatto Beyerle, Marianne Chen, Irwin Gage, Barry Tuckwell, Maria Kliegel, Valentin Gheorghiu, Michael Frischenschlager, Igor Ozim, Homero Francesch, Yasuko Matsuda, Pavel Vernikov, Stephen McIntyre, Maria Tipo, Maureen Jones, Natalia Gutman, Friedemann Weigle, Marcello Abbado, Conrad Muck, Oleg Maisenberg, just to name a few.
The purpose of the “Premio Trio di Trieste” - International Competition for Chamber Music Ensembles with Piano is to support the chamber music work carried out by those ensembles who, by mentality and musical taste, follow chamber criteria similar to those that have brought the Trio di Trieste ensemble to the apex of world fame in more than sixty years of teaching activities and musical performance. These are: stable formations, punctilious reading of musical scores, fusion between strings and piano, phrasing precision, self-criticism and ability to accept criticism so that performance may be improved over time.
The selection of a specific type of formation – exclusively strings and piano ensembles are admitted, from duos to quintets – wishes to remember the repertoire that the Trio di Trieste most loved and followed, but also to limit the area of competence of the international Juries, which each year follow one another in the Competition, to the most important chamber music “sector”.
The fame and prestige of the “Premio Trio di Trieste” are now so much established that it is considered both by specialized press and sector experts one of the major competitions at an international level.
Winning the “Premio Trio di Trieste” – which, besides a monetary prize, also offers more than 35 prestigious concerts in Italy and abroad, together with the recording of a CD – means to achieve an ambitious goal that may serve as a stepping stone on the path to a prestigious concert career.
All winners of the past editions - the Debussy Trio (Italy, 1997), the Triendl-Berg Duo (Germany, 1998), the Almonte-Tsunoda Duo (Australia and Japan, 1999), the Downes Duo (United States, 2000), the Ars Trio (Italy, 2001), the Tal Trio (Israel, 2002), the Duo Giun-Haruka (Japan, 2005) and the Trio Mondrian (Israel, 2007) - have carried on successful careers and today are listed among the most acclaimed chamber ensembles, in greatest demand on the stage of international music performance.
The following are the new features of the XI Competition, which was held in May 2009 and was reserved – for the first time - to piano trio and piano quartet.
Three prizes were offered: Euro 20,000.00, the recording of a CD and a series of prestigious concerts in Italy and 4 tour in Europe and USA to the first-ranking ensemble; Euro 10,000.00 to the second-ranking ensemble; Euro 7,000.00 to the third-ranking ensemble. Winners have the opportunity to perform during the concert season in Trieste, organized by Associazione Chamber Music (Sala del Ridotto, in the Teatro G.Verdi).
Four Special Prizes have been granted in the total amount of Euro 13,000.00. Particularly noteworthy is the Special Prize offered by In.C.E. (Central European Initiative), to those ensembles coming from one of the 18 countries belonging to the organization. In this edition of the Competition we had the compulsory pieces (one for each category) composed by Azio Corghi, to be played during the second preliminary round.
The Jury - in spite of the high level of the Competition - decided so:
1° Prize “Premio Trio di Trieste” 2009: not awarded
2° Prize: Quartetto Avos (Italy - Japan)
3° Prize: Trio Cervantes (Russia - Spain)
Special Prizes:
The “Amedeo Baldovino” and the Audience Special Prizes to the Quartetto Avos (Italy - Japan)
The “Rotary Club Trieste Nord” Special Prize to The Yarra Trio (Australia)
The Young Award to the Shaykin-Saidov-Zemlerub Trio (Russia)
The final concert (Sala Tripcovich, May 23rd) was recorded by RAI-Radio 3 (music by Corghi, Shostakovich, Turina and Fauré).
On May 25th the Quartetto Avos was presented to the city of Trieste with a concert at the Palazzo del Governo of Trieste, with a musical program by Corghi and Brahms. It was really a great success!
The XII Competition in May 2011 was reserved to the piano and string DUOS and it reserved a great surprise for the high number of contestants: 56 duos were admitted to the Competition and 40 were actually present at the roll in Trieste (May 22th).
Three prizes were offered, as usual: Euro 10,000.00, the recording of a CD and a series of prestigious concerts in Italy, U.S.A., Germany, Netherlands and Hungary to the first-ranking ensemble. In addition to this, the winner ensemble had the possibility to play in the Carnegie Hall (New York) and in the St.James' Piccadilly Church (London). Euro 6,000.00 were offered to the second-ranking ensemble and Euro 4,000.00 to the third-ranking ensemble.
In the XII edition of the Competition the compulsory piece (one for each category) was composed by Giampaolo Coral “Tre Colori” and it had to be played during the second preliminary round.
On the 27th of May, the international Jury decided so:
1° Prize “Premio Trio di Trieste” 2011: DUO SITKOVETSKY (Great Britain)
2° Prize: Duo Kwan - Kristin (U.S.A.)
3° Prize: Duo Enescu (Rumania)
All the Special Prizes were awarded:
C.E.I. Special Prize to the Duo Enescu (Rumania)
“Amedeo Baldovino” Special Prize to the Duo Kwan-Kristin (U.S.A.)
“Libero Lana” Special Prize to the Duo Fournier (Taiwan/Great Britain – Australia)
“Rotary Club Trieste Nord” Special Prize to Duo Kwan-Kristin (U.S.A.)
Young Award to the Duo Enescu (Rumania)
The final concert with all the winners (Sala Tripcovich, May 28th) was recorded by RAI-Radio 3 (musics by Beethoven, Enescu, Coral, Brahms and Grieg).
On May 30th the Sitkovetsky Duo was presented to the city of Trieste with a concert at the Palazzo del Governo of Trieste, with a musical program by Beethoven, Coral and Brahms. A lot of congratulations to a marvellous duo!
The Competition is listed in the World Federation of International Music Competitions of Geneva and takes place in May with the contribution of the Ministry of Cultural Assets, Directorate General for Live Entertainment, Rome, the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, the Province and the City of Trieste and thanks to the sponsorships by Assicurazioni Generali, Casali Foundation, Suono Vivo – Padua and the “Camera di Commercio di Trieste”.
Starting from year 2003, the Competition has became biennial. The next edition will therefore be held in May 2013 and it will be reserved to Piano and String Trios and Quartets.
Executive Committee 2011
president Maria Luisa Vaccari
vice-president Michele Lacalamita
treasurer Antonio Fogazzaro
Luigi Cattin, Paola Pavesi
auditor Anna Rossi Illy
Honorary Members
Amedeo Baldovino, Corrado Belci, Dario De Rosa, Maureen Jones, Mario Moscatelli, David Sutcliffe, Renato Zanettovich
Meritorius Members and Supporter Members
Comune di Trieste, Fondazione Benefica Kathleen Foreman Casali, Rizzani de Eccher S.p.A., Cooperative Operaie di Trieste, Istria e Friuli, Wärtsilä Italia S.p.A., Fabio Chiodo Grandi, Luciano Del Piccolo, Franz e Leslie Kraus, Giorgio Ribotta, Anna Rossi Illy, Maria Luisa Vaccari
Sandro Apa, Giuliano Bertoli, Ettore Campailla, Luigi Cattin, Giorgio Costanzi, Ludovico Dalla Palma, Antonio Fogazzaro, Jan Kaspar, Michele Lacalamita, Edda Marini, Sylva Marsi, Sergio Nordio, Claudio Verzegnassi
Angela Bertocchi, Odetta Böckmann, Etta Carignani, Nella Cadoni, Laura Casarsa, Patricia Collassero, Daniela Cedolini, Gianfranco Ceschia, Maria Luisa Corzani, Patrizia D’Antonio, Nivea De Lorenzi, Ferruccio Del Savio, Demus S.p.A., Francesco Fabris, Clementina Frescura, Isabella Gallo, Celestina Grizancic, Siglinde Kulterer, La Vigile S.r.l., Fredi Luchesi, Richard Marussi, Anita Mazzone, Aldo Michelini, Giuseppe Patti, Paola Pavesi, Rienzo Pellegrini, Marisa Perlini, Graziella Perotti, Laura Pesto, Franca Pross, Carmela Rao, Paola Rigotti, Marco Sessa, Rosella Sergi, Giunia Skerl, Maria Soccolich, Mariagrazia Vianello, Renato Zanettovich.
Consultants for the Competition
ACM secretariat Anna Boniciolli
logistical coordination Francesca Novati
competitors coordination Giulia Labadini, Elia Macrì, Michele Badin
Jury secretariat Sara Pettirosso
press office Volpe & Sain Comunicazione
artistic and organizational director Fedra Florit
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