Consisting of Claus-Christian Schuster (piano), Amiram Ganz (violin), and Alexander Gebert (cello), the Altenberg Trio Wien made its debut during the Salzburg Mozart Week (January 1994). One of the few full-time piano trios in the world of chamber music, this Viennese group has earned a reputation as daring and consistent: its repertory includes, in addition to many works adapted from other chamber media (piano quartets and quintets, duos, triple concertos, vocal chamber music), no fewer than 200 piano trios, among them newly commissioned works.
The group has served as trio-i...