TRIO ARISTOS Szymon Krzeszowiec, violin - Alexander Øllgaard, bratsch - Jakob Kullberg, cello Siden ensemblets debut i 2004 ved den 13. internationale Strings Only Festival i Kroatien er det gået stærkt for de tre unge musikere. I 2006 vandt de 1. pris ved Danmarks Radios 8. Kammermusikkonkurrence og kun 5 måneder senere 1. pris ved den 4. Internationale Max Reger Konkurrence i Sondershausen, Tyskland. Trio Aristos er blevet udnævnt til "Tårn Ensemble" i Rundetårn for 2007 sæsonen, hvilket præsenterer trioen ved en koncertcyklus bestående af 5 radiotransmitterede koncerter i Tårnsalen i samarbejde med Danmarks Radio. Ensemblets medlemmer har hver især markeret sig i ind- og udland i både solistiske og kammermusikalske sammenhænge, og det er netop denne fleksibilitet mellem det kammermusikalske og det solistiske som kræves af en strygetrio, der appellerer til Trio Aristos. De tre unge musikere nyder godt af et tæt samarbejde med komponisten Per Nørgård som har dedikeret sin strygetrio "Strings" til ensemblet. Trio Aristos har valgt sit navn efter en bog af den store engelske romanforfatter John Fowles, The Aristos. Ordet Aristos peger på et ophøjet mål med kunsten og optræder oprindeligt hos en af de første græske filosoffer hvor man ville prøve med tankens kraft at løfte sig ud over den daglige verden. Aristos er en søgen efter åndens aristokrati som findes hos alle. Fowles anbringer sondringen mellem det ypperlige og det almindelige inden i hvert enkelt menneske. ALEXANDRA GROT Born in Moscow in 1981, Alexandra Grot began studying the piano with her mother before switching to the flute at the age of eight after hearing a concert by James Galway. She was soon giving her own recitals and taking part in competitions, and in 1993 she entered the famous Gnessin School where she studied with Albert Goffmann. In the space of a month, in 1997, she won the first prizes of the Togliatti and Bucarest (Jeunesses musicales) international competitions. After this success she appeared on tour as a recitalist or soloist in Croatia, Bulgaria, Poland, Greece, Sweden, and Israel. From the age of seventeen she continued her studies at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, in the class of Pierre-Yves Artaud, who extolled her outstanding musical gifts. The next year she won second prize at the 'Pacem in Terris' International Competition in Bayreuth, and appeared at the Auditorium du Louvre in Paris. She then went on to advanced study with András Adorján at the Musik-hochschule in Munich. She has received advice from Emmanuel Pahud, Jean-Claude Gérard, Benoît Fromanger, and Ransom Wilson. She was invited to appear at the Colmar International Festival by Vladimir Spivakov, and during the season 2003/2004 performed with the violinist Shlomo Mintz at the Musée d'Orsay and gave a recital at the Auditorium du Louvre. During the season 2005/2006 she gave a recital in Theatre de la Ville in Paris and recorded her first CD dedicated to russian music with Harmonia Mundi. Alexandra Grot was awarded the Juventus Prize 2004.
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