Trio Tremonti

Saul Bitrán, Violin | Jan Müller-Szeraws, Cello | Sally Pinkas, Piano

Following its enthusiastically-received Hopkins Center Debut, Trio Tremonti is fast becoming one of the most sought after ensembles in New England. Violinist Saul Bitrán, cellist Jan Müller-Szeraws and pianist Sally Pinkas, each a seasoned soloist, have appeared in such venues as Marlboro, Jordan Hall, Concertgebouw, Teatro alla Scala, and many others. Their recent live broadcast of a rarely-heard Dvořák Trio at WGBH-Boston drew rave reviews from the Boston musical community who noted their deep musical kinship. Recently appointed Resident Ensemble at the Cambridge School in Weston, MA, their '12-'13 season includes engagements in New York, Maine, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Violinist Saul Bitran was born in Mexico City, to Chilean parents. He is a graduate of the Rubin Academy of Music at Tel Aviv University, where he studied with Prof. Yair Kless. In 1986 he joined the Grammy-nominated Cuarteto Latinoamericano as first violinist, group with which he has recorded extensively and toured worldwide. Formerly in residence at Carnegie Mellon University, the Cuarteto currently heads the Latin American Academy for String Quartets, in Caracas, Venezuela, under the auspices of the Sistema. Saul Bitran has played as soloist with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Seattle Symphony, the San Antonio Symphony, the National Arts Center Orchestra in Ottawa among many other orchestras.

Cellist Jan Müller-Szeraws' musical journey has taken him over three continents as a soloist, chamber musician and teacher. Recent performances have included solo-engagements with the New England Philharmonic, the Concord Orchestra, the Boston Landmarks Orchestra, the Moscow Symphony Orchestra and the Orquesta Sinfónica de Chile. A guest artist at festivals such as the Cape & Islands, Rockport, El Paso Pro-Musica, Music at Gretna and Kingston Chamber Music Festival, he is member of contemporary music ensemble Boston Musica Viva and is on faculty at the Phillips Academy Andover and the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA. He is a grant recipient of the Saul and Naomi Cohen Foundation.

Following her Wigmore Hall debut, Israeli-born pianist Sally Pinkas has been heard in recital throughout Europe and the USA. She has toured Russia, China and Nigeria as member of the Hirsch-Pinkas Piano Duo, and has appeared as soloist with the Boston Pops, Jupiter Symphony, Aspen Philharmonia and the Bulgarian Chamber Orchestra. Summer festival credits include Marlboro, Rockport, Masters de Pontlevoy (France) and Kfar Blum (Israel). Pinkas' extensive discography features works by Schumann, Fauré, Debussy, Martinů and Rochberg, released on Naxos, MSR and Centaur. She is currently Pianist-in-Residence at the Hopkins Center at Dartmouth College, where she is also Professor of Music. "Pinkas gives superbly committed performances", BBC Music Magazine