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ARARAT

ARARAT is the fruit of an association between six composers from Armenia, Portugal, Ireland, America and Russia, and the greek musicians of the Galan Trio. This studio recording made in Athens, invites us on a mystic journey in Armenia.
“The story of Noah’s Ark, stranded on the slopes of Mount Ararat after long, aimless wandering. The most important thing in this story is hope. To keep hoping even when everything has sunk, disappeared, and nothing can be seen. But somewhere there is a mountain on whose flanks we might rest. Ararat is a symbol for all who believe in a life powered by indomitable hope. I got the idea of a thematic piece, Six Perspectives of Mount Ararat, in which each composer would compose a variation on a theme. It is interesting to note that, in Armenian, every component of the word "Ararat" has a meaning.” (David Haladjian, the instructor of this project)
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KINESIS

Official release date: 20/01/2023 by Neuma Records

DE CHIRICO

This collection comprises works by George Kontogiorgos for piano trio and duets, composed mostly during the last decade. Some of them are original, while others are based on his songs, converted to classical settings. The piano trio De Chirico was inspired by symbolic painter Giorgio De Chirico, who was born in Volos and lived there during his ​youth. The little steam train, built by his father Evaristo, on its uphill Mount Pelion journey, used to make a stop in Agria, the place where the composer lives. The duet Before the Rain  starts was awarded by the renowned violinist Hilary Hahn in an international composition contest. Both Dominance and An unwithering Rose are of single movement works for piano trio. The duet Chasing the fleeting Time recalls a composer‘s experience traveling from the heavily snowed Toronto Canada to the burning desert of Tucson Arizona, whereas the duet Schifting Balances, challenges a wayward fleeting conversation between violin and cello. 

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ORDO

Galan Trio along with Dimitris Kountouras and Dimitris Azorakos got musically together and recorded the piece “A Cambridge Musick: solve et coagula” by the American composer Philip Blackburn for “ORDO”.

released October 21, 2023 by Neuma Records

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In 2021, the Galan Trio – an epic classical piano trio hailing from Athens – built a bridge from Greece to the USA in the form of ten new works for piano, violin, and cello from composers based in the Southeast and Northeast. The project, aptly named Kinesis, met with such acclaim that their odyssey now continues with another phase: twelve commissioned works covering the Midwest and South Central states.

Praised by Fanfare magazine for the “open ears and flexibility they display in so many idioms,” Galan Trio’s Kinesis, Vol. 2 expands further on their musical territory while maintaining the motion and emotional energy of the first set.

Highlights of the new double album include works that draw inspiration from children’s books and songs, a Welsh lullaby in the face of the Omicron viral variant, a microtonal homage to Jethro Tull, esoteric use of the numbers 9 and 70, the grand murals of Tom Lea, and a meeting of Persian and Western classical traditions.

Once again, let Petros Bouras (piano), Babis Karasavvidis (violin), and Marina Kolovou (cello) be your guides on this award-winning, unstoppable trip.

released January 31, 2024 by Neuma Records

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