Violaine Melançon, Violin
Natasha Brofsky, Cello
Seth Knopp, Piano
The Peabody Trio gave its New York debut in 1990 at Alice Tully Hall and has since performed in the most important chamber music series in North America, including New York, Washington, Chicago, Denver, Vancouver, Montreal, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego. Internationally, they tour frequently in England, making repeat appearances at London’s Wigmore Hall, and in Japan and Israel. Their reputation as champions of new music garnered them an invitation to the first Biennale for contemporary music, Tempus Fugit, in Tel Aviv.
The Peabody Trio currently serves as the resident faculty ensemble of the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, a position they have held since 1989. They are frequently asked to perform educational residencies for chamber music organizations and have served as visiting professors at universities and conservatories both in the United States and abroad. They spend summers as ensemble-in-residence at the Yellow Barn Music School and Festival in Putney, Vermont.
The three musicians of the Peabody Trio come from diverse musical backgrounds. Violinist VIOLAINE MELANÇON, is from Quebec, Canada where she studied at the Conservatoire de Musique, followed by studies at the Curtis Institute of Music and the San Francisco Conservatory. Her activities as a chamber musician, soloist with orchestras, and teacher have taken her to many major Canadian and American music centers, Europe, the Middle East, and Japan.
Cellist NATASHA BROFSKY has enjoyed a career in both the United States and Europe. In addition to her work with the Peabody Trio, Ms. Brofsky has performed as guest with numerous ensembles, including the Takács, Prazak, Norwegian, Borromeo, Jupiter and Ying Quartets. During nearly a decade in Europe, Ms. Brofsky held principal positions in the Norwegian Radio Orchestra and the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra under Iona Brown. A sought after teacher, Ms. Brofsky has been on the faculty of the New England Conservatory, the Yellow Barn Festival in Vermont, and the Barratt-Due Musikk Institutt in Norway.
Pianist SETH KNOPP is a founding member of the Peabody Trio and serves on the piano and chamber music faculties of the Peabody Conservatory where the trio has been ensemble-in-residence since 1987. In 1983, Mr. Knopp met violinist Violaine Melançon forming the Knopp-Melançon Duo, an artistic collaboration which would eventually expand to become the Peabody Trio. In 1987, the duo made their Washington, DC debut at the Kennedy Center. Since that time, this husband and wife team has performed throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Japan and Egypt. Seth Knopp’s solo and chamber music performances can be heard on the Albany Records, Analekta, Artek, CRI, Koch and New World Records labels.
Website: www.peabodytrio.org/