AYR TRIO
Angela Park, piano - Yehonatan Berick, violin - Rachel Mercer, cello
Angela Park, piano - Yehonatan Berick, violin - Rachel Mercer, cello
The AYR Trio's voice is a meeting of friends, together exploring the great piano trio repertoire, old and new.
UPCOMING CONCERTS
Date TBC, POSTPONED due to COVID-19
Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society - Waterloo ON
November 22, 2020
Algoma Conservatory Concerts - Algoma ON
POSTPONED due to COVID-19, new date TBC
January 24, 2021
Hamilton Conservatory for the Arts - Hamilton ON
POSTPONED due to COVID-19, new date TBC
May 30, 2021
Syrinx Concerts - Toronto ON
Including World Premiere Piano Trio by Kevin Lau
POSTPONED due to COVID-19, new date TBC
For more information or booking, please email: [email protected]
Date TBC, POSTPONED due to COVID-19
Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society - Waterloo ON
November 22, 2020
Algoma Conservatory Concerts - Algoma ON
POSTPONED due to COVID-19, new date TBC
January 24, 2021
Hamilton Conservatory for the Arts - Hamilton ON
POSTPONED due to COVID-19, new date TBC
May 30, 2021
Syrinx Concerts - Toronto ON
Including World Premiere Piano Trio by Kevin Lau
POSTPONED due to COVID-19, new date TBC
For more information or booking, please email: [email protected]
Pianist Angela Park has established herself as one of Canada’s most sought-after pianists. Praised for her “stunningly beautiful pianism” (Grace Welsh Prize, Chicago), “beautiful tone and sensitivity” (American Record Guide), and for performing “with such brilliant clarity it took your breath away” (Chapala, Mexico), Angela’s versatility as both soloist and chamber musician has led to performances across Canada, as well as in the United States, Europe, Japan and Mexico. Angela is a founding member of the award-winning Ensemble Made In Canada, the Mercer-Park Duo, and the AYR Piano Trio. Angela is also a member of Piano Six – New Generation, an organization that brings world-class pianists to remote communities across Canada. From 2011-2014, Angela was Visiting Assistant Professor of Collaborative Piano-Woodwinds at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music. She has been Artist-in-Residence at Western University's Don Wright Faculty of Music with EMIC since 2014, and is currently Assistant Professor of Piano at Western University.
www.angelapark.com
Prizewinner at the 1993 Naumburg competition and a recipient of the 1996-97 Prix Opus, Yehonatan Berick is in high demand internationally as soloist, recitalist, chamber musician, and pedagogue. He has appeared with orchestras in Ontario, Quebec and Manitoba, as well as Israel and the United States. In 2014 he recorded for BluRay DVD the complete Caprices for solo violin by Paganini and recital offerings include the complete Solo Sonatas and Partitas by Bach. Festivals include Marlboro, Ravinia, Seattle, Ottawa, Great Lakes, and Music@Menlo and tours with the Israeli Chamber Project. Berick serves as Professor of Violin at the University of Ottawa, and his students hold leading positions in major orchestras, ensembles, and music schools worldwide. Yehonatan Berick currently plays a 1761 violin by Carlo Ferdinando Landolfi, generously on loan from the University of Ottawa, as well as violin by Honoré Derazey Père from 1852, and a viola by Stanley Kiernoziak from 2003. www.yehonatanberick.com
Principal Cello of the National Arts Centre Orchestra, Canadian cellist Rachel Mercer has appeared as a soloist and chamber musician across five continents. Grand prize winner of the 2001 Vriendenkrans Competition in Amsterdam, Rachel was cellist of the Aviv String Quartet from 2002-2010 and Ensemble Made In Canada from 2008-2020. She currently plays with the Mercer-Park Duo and the AYR Piano Trio, and is Artistic Director of the "5 at the First" Chamber Music Series in Hamilton. Rachel regularly gives masterclasses and talks on topics from performance to self-management, and as an advocate for new Canadian music, Rachel has commissioned over 25 works including a cello concerto by Stewart Goodyear, premiered in February 2020 with the National Arts Centre Orchestra. Her most recent album featured six works by Canadian women composers on the Centrediscs label. Her first article, on commissioning, was published in 2018 by the Association of Canadian Women Composers Journal. Rachel plays a 17th century cello from Northern Italy.
www.rachelmercercellist.com
www.angelapark.com
Prizewinner at the 1993 Naumburg competition and a recipient of the 1996-97 Prix Opus, Yehonatan Berick is in high demand internationally as soloist, recitalist, chamber musician, and pedagogue. He has appeared with orchestras in Ontario, Quebec and Manitoba, as well as Israel and the United States. In 2014 he recorded for BluRay DVD the complete Caprices for solo violin by Paganini and recital offerings include the complete Solo Sonatas and Partitas by Bach. Festivals include Marlboro, Ravinia, Seattle, Ottawa, Great Lakes, and Music@Menlo and tours with the Israeli Chamber Project. Berick serves as Professor of Violin at the University of Ottawa, and his students hold leading positions in major orchestras, ensembles, and music schools worldwide. Yehonatan Berick currently plays a 1761 violin by Carlo Ferdinando Landolfi, generously on loan from the University of Ottawa, as well as violin by Honoré Derazey Père from 1852, and a viola by Stanley Kiernoziak from 2003. www.yehonatanberick.com
Principal Cello of the National Arts Centre Orchestra, Canadian cellist Rachel Mercer has appeared as a soloist and chamber musician across five continents. Grand prize winner of the 2001 Vriendenkrans Competition in Amsterdam, Rachel was cellist of the Aviv String Quartet from 2002-2010 and Ensemble Made In Canada from 2008-2020. She currently plays with the Mercer-Park Duo and the AYR Piano Trio, and is Artistic Director of the "5 at the First" Chamber Music Series in Hamilton. Rachel regularly gives masterclasses and talks on topics from performance to self-management, and as an advocate for new Canadian music, Rachel has commissioned over 25 works including a cello concerto by Stewart Goodyear, premiered in February 2020 with the National Arts Centre Orchestra. Her most recent album featured six works by Canadian women composers on the Centrediscs label. Her first article, on commissioning, was published in 2018 by the Association of Canadian Women Composers Journal. Rachel plays a 17th century cello from Northern Italy.
www.rachelmercercellist.com
PAST CONCERTS
November 2, 2019
5 at the First - Hamilton ON
April 12, 2019
Great Artist Music Series - Aurora ON
March 17, 2019
Sine Nomine de Quebec - Quebec City QC
December 16, 2018
K-WCMS - Waterloo ON
Beethoven Birthday concert
June 9, 2018
QuartetFest Faculty Concert - Wilfrid Laurier University
June 8, 2018
K-WCMS - Waterloo ON
June 5-9, 2018
QuartetFest - Wilfrid Laurier University
January 14, 2018
K-WCMS - Waterloo ON
January 14, 2018
Les Amis Concerts - Coburg ON
January 13, 2018
5 at the First - Hamilton ON
January 29, 2017
K-WCMS - Waterloo ON
January 28, 2017
5 at the First - Hamilton ON
November 26-28, 2016
Coast Recital Society - Sechelt BC
November 2, 2019
5 at the First - Hamilton ON
April 12, 2019
Great Artist Music Series - Aurora ON
March 17, 2019
Sine Nomine de Quebec - Quebec City QC
December 16, 2018
K-WCMS - Waterloo ON
Beethoven Birthday concert
June 9, 2018
QuartetFest Faculty Concert - Wilfrid Laurier University
June 8, 2018
K-WCMS - Waterloo ON
June 5-9, 2018
QuartetFest - Wilfrid Laurier University
January 14, 2018
K-WCMS - Waterloo ON
January 14, 2018
Les Amis Concerts - Coburg ON
January 13, 2018
5 at the First - Hamilton ON
January 29, 2017
K-WCMS - Waterloo ON
January 28, 2017
5 at the First - Hamilton ON
November 26-28, 2016
Coast Recital Society - Sechelt BC
