Poulenc Trio

The Poulenc Trio has performed with notable collaborators including Grammy-winners Hilary Hahn^[4] and David Shifrin,^[5] Avery Fisher Grant-recipients Anthony McGill^[6] and Alexander Fiterstein,^[7] and has recorded with the poet and Guggenheim Fellow, Lia Purpura.^[8]

The Trio's performances have been broadcast on American public radio programs including NPR's Performance Today^[9] and PRX's Wolf Trap Live from Center Stage.^[10] The Trio has released recordings on the Marquis Classics^[11] and Delos/Naxos labels.^[12]

The group is named after the composer Francis Poulenc,^[13] whose 1926 Trio for oboe, bassoon, and piano is among the most popular works^[14] for the combination of instruments. Other notable examples of works written for the combo include trios by André Previn and Jean Françaix. The Poulenc Trio has also commissioned and performed arrangements of works by Beethoven, Stravinsky, Mikhail Glinka, Rossini, Duke Ellington, Astor Piazzolla, Paquito D'Rivera, Charlie Chaplin and others.^[15]

The Poulenc Trio regularly commissions works by living composers. The group has premiered 25 new works since its founding, including:

• Poulenc Trio website
• Poulenc Trio at AllMusic
• Poulenc Trio discography at MusicBrainz