On Saturday, April 22 at 8 p.m., the Klemperer

On Saturday, April 22 at 8 p.m., the Klemperer Trio will return to the Theatre at Washington, Virginia, after too long an absence.

The Trio comprises Erika Klemperer, violin, Gordon Back, piano, and * Ronald Crutcher, cello. They will play piano trios by Haydn, Brahms, and Mendelssohn.

In discussing the program for the concert, Crutcher commented that the Trio would be playing “three of the most well crafted compositions for piano trio. Haydn, Brahms and Mendelssohn are each represented by one of their best works for this genre.”

The Trio’s maturity and depth of interpretation comes from a meeting of international musicians of sophisticated yet varied cultural and musical backgrounds — in the words of the , they are “three brilliant artists who play as one.”

“Erika Klemperer revealed a virtuoso technique and an artistic sensibility which ensured her talents were p*% ' to intensely musical effect.’*

This was how described the highly gifted violinist. A relative of the famous conductor, the late Otto Klemperer, Erika Klemperer was born in the United States where she received her early musical training.

She moved to England to pursue post graduate studies with Yehudi Menuhin and Yfrah Neaman. She now resides in London, where she combines an active international performing career in chamber music with a professorship at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

Gordon Back’s distinguished career includes performances with many of the world’s greatest violinists, such as Yehudi Menuhin and Nathan Milstein. He has been an official accompanist for the Queen Elisabeth Competition, the Indianapolis Competition, the Paganini Competition and the Tchaikovsky Competition.

In additional to a busy performance and recording schedule, Gordon Back is a Professor of Accompaniment and a Fellow at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. In 2005 he was awarded an honorary degree from the