Montgomery Chamber series welcomes Neave Trio

Posted 1/5/22

The music of Ravel and Piazzolla will fill the Montgomery air on Sunday for a free concert at the Montgomery Senior Center.

Neave Trio has earned enormous praise for its engaging, cutting‑edge …

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Montgomery Chamber series welcomes Neave Trio

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The music of Ravel and Piazzolla will fill the Montgomery air on Sunday for a free concert at the Montgomery Senior Center.

Neave Trio has earned enormous praise for its engaging, cutting‑edge performances. WQXR explains, “’Neave’ is actually a Gaelic name meaning ‘bright’ and ‘radiant’, both of which certainly apply to this trio’s music making.” The Boston Musical Intelligencer included Neave in its “Best of 2014” and “Best of 2016” roundups, claiming, “their unanimity, communication, variety of touch, and expressive sensibility rate first tier.”

Neave has performed and held residencies at many esteemed concert series and at festivals worldwide and has appeared frequently as soloists for Beethoven’s Triple Concerto with orchestras across the country. In the fall of 2017, the Trio joined the faculty of the Longy School of Music of Bard College as Alumni Artists, Faculty Ensemble-­in‑Residence.

Neave Trio strives to champion new works by living composers and reach wider audiences through innovative concert presentations, regularly collaborating with artists of all mediums. These collaborations include performances with the Blythe Barton Dance Company; projection artist Ryan Brady; the interactive concert series “STEIN2.0,” with composer Amanuel Zarzowski; Klee Musings by acclaimed American composer Augusta Read Thomas, which was premiered by Neave; the premiere of Eric Nathan’s Missing Words V, sponsored by Coretet; and a music video by filmmaker Amanda Alvarez Díaz of Astor Piazzolla’s “Otoño Porteño.”

Neave Trio’s next album, Her Voice, includes trios by Amy Beach, Rebecca Clarke, and Louise Farrenc, and will be released in September 2019 on Chandos Records. The group’s most recent album, Celebrating Piazzolla, was released on Azica Records in November 2018 and features mezzo-soprano Carla Jablonski. Neave Trio’s other recordings include French Moments (Chandos Records, 2018), and the group’s debut album, American Moments (Chandos Records, 2016).

Highlights of Neave’s 2019-20 season include concerts at Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Arizona Friends of Chamber Music, Brown University, Feldman Chamber Music Society, Chamber Music Society of Williamsburg, and the Boise Chamber Music Series, among many others.

The concert will take place at 3 p.m. on the Garrett Concert Stage, 36 Bridge Street, Montgomery. Admission is free.