Joseph Puglia - violin / Chaim Steller - viola / Örs Köszeghy - cello
Violinist Joseph Puglia made his solo debut in the Amsterdam Concertgebouw as part of the 2009 Holland Festival. Reviews from the concert were overwhelmingly positive, with the headlines reading "Exceptional Debut Violinist Puglia" (NRC Handelsblad) and "Puglia Brings Hall to a Boil" (De Volkskrant). He has performed in major concert halls in the US, Europe, and Australia, and moved cellist Anner Bylsma to write of his playing "Joey Puglia is the best." He was a prizewinner in the 58th Vriendenkrans Concours in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and the 14th Concorso Internazionale "Andrea Postacchini" in Italy, where he was also given a special prize for his performance of Berio's Sequenza VIII for violin.
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Dutch violist Chaim Steller has won numerous prizes and awards, including prizes at the 42nd international competition in Markneukirchen and the Gustav Scheck
Prize from the Commerzbank foundation for extraordinary achievement as a classical musician. Solo performances with orchestra have taken him to Germany, Italy, and France,
playing with the Orchestra Sinfonica del Friuli Venezia Giulia, Chursaechsische Philharmonie and the Vogtlaendische Philharmonie,
among others.
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Hungarian Cellist Örs Köszeghy was the second prize winner of the 7th Hungarian National János Starker Competition and also a finalist of the David Popper International Cello Competition in 2001. Chamber music and solo performances have taken him to a.o. the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Bartók House (Budapest), Munstersommer Freiburg, and the Opéra de Lyon. He has a passion for chamber music: next to Trio Dumas he performs as cellist of the Stolz Quartet and he has concerts planned with such top musicians as Rick Stotijn, Candida Thompson and Liza Ferschtman. Since 2009 he is a member of Amsterdam Sinfonietta.
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