Trio Cavatina

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"Each player, in her way, made a compelling argument - Lee with her probing phrasing, violinist Rhodes in some charismatic moments of triumph, and Jokubaviciute with a big personality communicated through a sound of great refinement and presence"
Philadelphia Inquirer

2009 Naumburg Winner

Trio Cavatina is deeply rooted in a strong sense of shared musical values and is rapidly emerging as one of today's outstanding chamber ensembles. They met and formed in 2005 during the renowned Marlboro Music Festival.

The Chamber Music America Directory included Trio Cavatina in Harris Goldsmith's article "2008 Young Artists: More Thrills of Discovery," describing the trio as offering "potent, intense interpretations."

Only two years later, Trio Cavatina gave notable debut appearances at Kneisel Hall's Emerging Artists Series in Maine; Union College in Schenectady, New York, and at the Eastern Shore Chamber Music Festival in Maryland. They were selected to perform at the closing concert of the Chamber Music America Conference in New York City. Trio Cavatina' s performances in New York City, Washington DC, Philadelphia, Boston, and Sarasota were received with enthusiastic and encouraging reviews by the press. Their first international tour in the 2007-2008 season included performances in Lithuania on stages in Vilnius and Kaunas.

Season highlights in 2006-2007 included the debut concerts at the New School's Schneider Concert Series in New York City and at Jordan Hall in Boston. Trio Cavatina appeared in Merkin Hall, New York City; Brattleboro Music Center; and on the concert series of Performers of Westchester.

During the upcoming season, Trio Cavatina will be one of the youngest ensembles to perform on the prestigious Philadelphia Chamber Music Society's concert series. They have received an immediate return engagement to Union College in New York for a performance of Messiaen's "Quartet for the End of Time" with clarinetist Alex Fiterstein.

In addition to the classical and romantic repertoire, Trio Cavatina is committed to collaborate with living composers and perform 20th century music. American composer Leon Kirchner will be recorded by the trio for a CD release.

Trio Cavatina has recently completed the New England Conservatory's Professional Piano Trio Training Program.

Harumi Rhodes, violin
A leading young artist of today, violinist Harumi Rhodes has been performing extensively with some of the most prestigious musicians worldwide. Having just completed her residency at Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society II, she has also joined the Boston, Philadelphia, Minnesota, and Seattle Chamber Music Societies. Some of her recent solo engagements include performances in the 2007 Vermont Mozart Festival featuring Beethoven's Violin Concerto and Vivaldi's Four Seasons. Harumi has also participated in several Musicians from Marlboro tours. As an avid supporter of contemporary music, Harumi had a solo violin piece dedicated to her by composer Benjamin Lees. She has also recorded Milton Babbitt's Sixth String Quartet and most recently performed at Zankel Hall in a tribute to George Perle. Harumi received degrees from the Juilliard School studying with Ronald Copes and Earl Carylss, and the New England Conservatory studying with Donald Weilerstein, where she received the Gunther Schuller Award.

Ieva Jokubaviciute, piano
A 2006 Borletti-Buitoni Trust fellowship recipient, Lithuanian pianist Ieva Jokubaviciute recently made her Chicago Symphony debut at the Ravinia Festival under the baton of James Conlon, and her Brazilian orchestral debut in Rio de Janeiro. Over the last several seasons, Ieva gave recitals at the Freer Gallery in Washington DC, on the Dame Myra Hess Concert Series in Chicago, at Caspary Hall in New York City, and in Vilnius, Lithuania. She has recently appeared in chamber music concerts in Carnegie Hall's Stern Auditorium and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, as a guest artist on National Public Radio's Performance Today, in Panama City, Panama, and on tour with Musicians from Marlboro. Ieva regularly appears at the Marlboro, Ravinia, and Bard Festivals, at Prussia Cove in England, and at La Lointaine in France. Earning degrees from the Curtis Institute of Music and from Mannes College of Music, her principal teachers have been Seymour Lipkin and Richard Goode.

Priscilla Lee, cello
Cellist Priscilla Lee, a 2005 Avery Fisher Career Grant recipient, has been awarded a Gregor Piatigorsky Memorial Scholarship, the John Williams Scholarship from the Young Musicians Foundation, and the Barnett Family Foundation Chamber Music Competition. At age 17 she appeared with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, which honored her with its Bronislaw-Kaper Award. Upon moving to New York in 2003, Priscilla participated in the Opening Concert at Zankel Hall with John Adams, and premiered Osvaldo Golijov's "Ayre" with Dawn Upshaw in New York, Boston, London and Paris. She has participated in Musicians from Marlboro tours, in the Marlboro Music Festival, Bargemusic, Caramoor's Rising Stars series, the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Moritzburg Festival concerts in New York, the Dawn Upshaw/John Harbison and Emerson String Quartet workshops at Carnegie Hall, and Music from Angel Fire. She debuted at the New School and Merkin Hall's Rising Star Series along with Boston's famed Jordan Hall. She received her bachelor's degree from the Curtis Institute of Music, where she studied with David Soyer, and her master's degree from the Mannes College of Music, where she studied with CMS Artist Timothy Eddy. Ms. Lee is a member of Chamber Music Society Two.

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