The Clavier Trio includes Fomin, distinguished violinist in the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and Artistic Director of the New Conservatory of Dallas, pianist David Korevaar, a member of the Prometheus Piano Quartet and professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder, and new member Jesus Castro-Balbi, a professor at Texas Christian University. Castro-Balbi replaces cellist Peter Steffens, who performed with the Trio for more than three seasons. Performances of Castro-Balbi have been broadcast on National Public Radio’s Performance Today and BBC World.

The concert will feature Mozart-Adagio by Estonian composer Arvo Pärt and Trio in g minor, Opus 15 by Bedrich Smetana. The program will conclude with Trio in C Major, Opus 87 by Johannes Brahms.

Dennis Rooney of The Strad praised the Clavier Trio for its “teamwork and unanimity of interpretative standpoint” (Feb. 2006).

CLAVIER TRIO was born after a spontaneous chamber music session at the Music in the Mountains Festival 1997 in Durango, Colorado. Today, the members of the Trio include violinist Arkady Fomin, cellist Jesús Castro-Balbi, and pianist David Korevaar. CLAVIER TRIO received the honor to perform in the inaugural Dallas Symphony Orchestra Chamber Music Series at Nasher Sculpture Center. The Trio has performed with critical acclaim at Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall and returns with performances in the 2005-06 Season. CLAVIER TRIO served as the Trio-In- Residence at Fort Lewis College, Colorado, and presently is resident ensemble at The University of Texas at Dallas, where it performs regularly. During the summer months, CLAVIER TRIO performs and teaches at the Music in the Mountains Festival in Durango. Born in Colorado and based in Dallas, the CLAVIER TRIO today performs nationally and made its first international appearance in December 2004 in Riga, Latvia.

Arkady Fomin, violinist, was born in Riga, Latvia, where he received his musical training at the Latvian State Conservatory with legendary Latvian pedagogue, Voldemar Sturestep. Mr. Fomin has collaborated in performances with Pinchas Zukerman, Yefim Bronfman, Emanuel Borok, Schlomo Mintz, Atar Arad, David Korevaar, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Andrew Litton and late Stephen DeGroote and has perfomred as violinist/conductor in Russia, Latvia, Europe, Japan, and throughout the United States. A violinist with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Mr. Fomin is Professor/Artist –In-Residence at The University of Texas at Dallas, Artistic Director of the New Conservatory of Dallas and Conservatory Music in the Mountains in Durango, Colorado and is Guest Professor and Artist-in-Residence at Colorado State University. His latest project includes artistic leadership at the upcoming 2006 Winter Music Games Festival in Riga, Latvia. Arkady Fomin is recipient of the Cowlishaw Artist-in-Residence Award for artistic achievement and contributions to the City of Dallas. Mr. Fomin performs on an 1860 JB Vuillaume violin.

Cellist Jesús Castro-Balbi performs internationally as a soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician. Recent highlights include engagements with the Symphony Orchestras of Corpus Christi, Dallas, Fort Worth, Cannes (France), Aarhus (Denmark), Xalapa, Aguascalientes (Mexico), the National Symphony in Lima (Peru), the Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Texas Christian University Symphony in the premiere of the Concierto Indio by Edgar Valcárcel, which is dedicated to him. His performances have been broadcast nationally and internationally on television, radio and on the internet.
Dr. Castro-Balbi is the cellist of the Castro-Balbi/Lin Duo and of CLAVER TRIO. He is the founder and artistic director of the TCU Cello Ensemble and of the Faculty & Friends Chamber Music Series at TCU.
Dr. Castro-Balbi is a graduate of the Conservatoire National Supérieur in Lyon (France), Indiana University at Bloomington, Yale, and of The Juilliard School. His mentors include Aldo Parisot, Janos Starker, as well as Boris Berman, Rostislav Dubinsky, Joseph Kalischtein, Fred Sherry and members of the Amadeus, Juilliard, Ravel and Tokyo String Quartets. He is currently the cello professor at TCU in Fort Worth.

David Korevaar, pianist, began music training at age six in San Diego with Sherman Storr, and at 13 with Earl Wild. By 20, he earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Juilliard, where he continued with Earl Wild and studied composition with David Diamond, earning his Doctorate under Abbey Simon and receiving the Richard French award honoring his dissertation on Ravel’s Miroirs. In addition to CLAVIER TRIO Dr. Korevaar is also a member of the Prometheus Piano Quartet and founding member of Hexagon. He’s performed with the Takacs, Manhattan, Lark, Colorado, Chester, and Shanghai Quartets and presented recitals in New York, across United States, as well as Australia, Japan, Korea, and Europe. He’s commissioned and premiered works of George Rochberg, Aaron Copland, Ned Rorem, Stephen Jaffe, Scott Eyerly, Libby Larson, and Lowell Liebermann. His recordings include Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier, Dohnanyi, and Liszt. Dr. Korevaar is on the faculty at the University of Colorado at Boulder.