Kalamazoo Gazette (Michigan)
October 17, 2007 Wednesday
Prize-winning Prima Trio speaks the language of music
Members of Prima Trio Violinist Farhad Hudiyev is a native of
Turkmenistan and was, at age 10, the youngest performer ever selected
to play with the National Violin Ensemble of Turkmenistan. He came to
the United States to study at Interlochen Arts Academy. Since his
debut, he has performed in several countries and won several awards,
including the Neil Rabaut Composition Prize from the Interlochen Arts
Academy and third prize at the 30th Annual Glenn Miller Competition.
Clarinetist Boris Allakhverdyan is an Armenian who began playing the
clarinet when he was 9 years old. He earned his bachelor of music
degree with honors from the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory in 2006
and is currently enrolled in the artist diploma program at the
Oberlin Conservatory of Music.
Pianist Anastasia Dedik was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, to a
family of musicians. Dedik is currently pursuing an artist diploma at
Juilliard under a full tuition scholarship. She previously earned an
artist diploma at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and recently took
first prize at both the Rovero d’Oro International Piano Competition
in San Bartolomeo, Italy, and the Buono and Bradshaw International
Piano Competition in New York City.
BY JULIE PEKOWSKI
Special to the Gazette
KALAMAZOO — Upholding a tradition of collaboration with The Fischoff
National Chamber Music Association in Notre Dame, Ind., Fontana
Chamber Arts will tonight present the Prima Trio.
The Trio — consisting of violinist Farhad Hudiyev, clarinetist Boris
Allakhverdyan and pianist Anastasia Dedik — won the grand prize of
the 2007 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. It will perform
tonight at the Richmond Center for Visual Arts at Western Michigan
University.
The trio was formed at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, where
Hudiyev, Allakhverdyan and Dedik were studying when the three decided
to play a Khachaturian piece together.
"We are an international group and a blend of different characters,"
Hudiyev said. "We are very different, but for some reason, it works.
We enjoy playing together. Anastasia came up with the name."
The Prima Trio’s program will include the following pieces: Aram
Khachaturian’s Trio for Clarinet, Violin and Piano; Darius Milhaud’s
Suite for Clarinet, Violin and Piano, Op. 157b; Charles Ives’ Largo
for Violin, Clarinet and Piano; Hudiyev’s Trio "Fleeting Miniatures"
for Clarinet, Violin and Piano; Peter Schickele’s Serenade for Three;
and two pieces by Astor Piazzola, Oblivion and Otono Porteno.
"There are many new, fresh pieces; an original mix of clarinet, piano
and violin," Dedik said. "It is fresh, exciting and joyful."
Of her fellow members of the Trio, Dedik said, "We are all from
different cultures, but we speak the same language — Russian and
music."