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October 11, 2025
Hermitage Piano Trio
Based in the United States, the Hermitage Piano Trio has solidified its place as one of the world’s leading piano trios, garnering multiple Grammy-Award nominations and receiving audience and press accolades for their performances.
Program includes:
Mikhail Glinka – Trio Pathétique in D Minor (1828)
Isaac Albéniz – Suite Española No. 1, Op. 47 (Granada)
Manuel de Falla – Siete Canciones Populares Españolas (1914)
Joaquin Turina – Piano Trio No. 2 in B Minor, Op. 76
Mariano Perelló – Tres Impresiones (1922)
*Artists or program may be subject to change.
Photo by Lisa-Marie Mazzucco
The Artists
Piano
Ilya Kazantsev
Ilya Kazantsev, a fresh and exciting presence on the international music scene, has been praised by The Washington Post as “virtually flawless.” He has performed as recitalist and soloist with orchestra extensively in Russia and the United States, as well as appearing in Germany, Japan, Italy, France, Canada and Ukraine. Among his many awards and honors, he received the first prize at the Nikolai Rubinstein International Competition (France), as well as top prizes at the International Chopin Competition (Russia) and the World Piano Competition (U.S.).
Photo by Lisa-Marie Mazzucco
Violin
Misha Keylin
Since his New York Carnegie Hall debut at age 11, violinist Misha Keylin has earned critical and popular acclaim for his exuberant musicality, keen interpretive insight and rare tonal beauty. In a career already spanning 45 countries on five continents, he has been guest soloist with the St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Leipzig Chamber Orchestra, NDR Philharmonic of Hannover, Budapest Philharmonic, Israel Sinfonietta, Bologna Philharmonic and the Philharmonic Orchestra of Chile. U.S. concerto and recital appearances have brought him to major venues across the country.
Hermitage Piano Trio’s Website
Photo by Lisa-Marie Mazzucco
Cello
Sergey Antonov
Sergey Antonov became one of the youngest cellists ever awarded the gold medal at the world’s premier musical Olympiad, the quadrennial International Tchaikovsky Competition. His entry into this elite stratum of sought-after classical artists has already placed him on stages at world-renowned venues from the Great Hall at the Moscow Conservatory to Suntory Hall in Tokyo. His international performance tours have taken him to France, Italy, Korea, Germany, Spain, Canada and the United Arab Emirates. He has collaborated with such conductors as Yuri Simonov, Maxim Vengerov, David Geringas and Mikhail Pletnev.
Photo by Lisa-Marie Mazzucco
