TPE3 TURINA PIANO ENSEMBLE
Francisco José Gil, clarinet
Antonio Soria Salas, cello
Antonio Soria, piano
Programme:
Paul Marie Théodore Vincent d’Indy (1851–1931), Trio for Piano, Clarinet (or Violin) and Cello, Op. 29
Carl Frühling (1868–1937), Clarinet trio, Op. 40
Giovanni “Nino” Rota Rinaldi (1911–1979), Clarinet trio
TURINA piano ensemble is a chamber ensemble devoted to the performance and rediscovery of repertoire for piano and strings, spanning from Classicism to contemporary music, with a particular focus on the chamber works of Joaquín Turina. Founded in 1995 by pianist Antonio Soria, the ensemble has developed a distinctive artistic profile centred on the revival of neglected Spanish chamber repertoire and historically informed research projects connected with the legacy of Turina. In close collaboration with the Joaquín Turina Archive in Madrid and supported by institutions including the Hazen-Hosseschrueders Foundation, the ensemble has realised several important documentary and recording projects dedicated to previously overlooked works by Turina. Among these are the first modern recordings of Homenaje a Navarra, Op. 102, Theme and Variations, Op. 100 for harp and piano, and Las musas de Andalucía, Op. 93, produced in collaboration with artists such as Joaquín Palomares, Marçal Cervera and María Rosa Calvo-Manzano. The ensemble’s repertoire encompasses major chamber works alongside lesser-known compositions of exceptional artistic value. Particularly notable are its projects dedicated to rediscovering forgotten repertoire of the early twentieth century, including works by Vincent d’Indy and Carl Frühling. Through its combination of performance, musicological research and archival work, TURINA piano ensemble contributes significantly to the re-evaluation and dissemination of European chamber music heritage.
Francisco José Gil is regarded among the leading Spanish clarinettists of his generation, with an artistic career encompassing solo, orchestral and chamber music performance alongside an active pedagogical profile. As a member of several distinguished youth orchestras, including the Orchestre des Jeunes de la Méditerranée, the Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra and the World Orchestra of Musical Youth, he collaborated early on with major European musical institutions, later also performing with ensembles such as the Spanish Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra and the Orchestra of the Community of Madrid. He completed his clarinet studies at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Madrid under Vicente Peñarrocha and Justo Sanz, while also pursuing studies in orchestral conducting. A prizewinner at several clarinet competitions, he has additionally received more than fifteen awards at international chamber music competitions in Spain, Italy and Russia together with cellist Georgina Sánchez. Since 2008, the two musicians have performed internationally as the duo Santor-Gilort. He also appears regularly in recital projects with pianist Elías Romero across Spain, Argentina and Paraguay. An important part of his discographic work is devoted to exploring lesser-known repertoire for E-flat clarinet, documented in the album Repertoire for Requinto. His recordings further include Leyenda, dedicated to Spanish music for clarinet and piano, Beethoven/Tausch with duos for clarinet and cello, and Solo Clarinet 16.605, devoted to the solo clarinet repertoire.
Antonio Soria Salas is a Spanish cellist active in solo, orchestral and chamber music performance. As principal cellist of the Symphony Orchestra of the Professional Conservatory Tomás de Torrejón y Velasco in Albacete between 2009 and 2013, he appeared at important Spanish concert venues including the Palau de la Música in Valencia. He also performed as soloist in Haydn’s Cello Concerto in C major, Hob. VIIb:1 at the Conservatory’s closing concert, and appeared with the RYCO (Rotarian Young Chamber Orchestra) in works by Vivaldi and Boccherini at the Conservatory of San Pietro a Majella in Naples and at the closing concert of the Albacete Concert Society season. Following studies in Albacete, Castellón and at the Higher Conservatory of Castilla-La Mancha, he continued his artistic development with distinguished cellists and pedagogues including Eduardo González, Pietro Serafin and Lynn Harrell. An important part of his artistic career has been shaped through collaborations with youth and festival orchestras, among them the Youth Orchestra of the Generalitat Valenciana (JOGV) and the Eastern Music Festival in the United States, where he performed major symphonic repertoire under conductors such as Gerard Schwarz and Grant Cooper. In 2017, he was awarded a full scholarship to the University of Wyoming, where he completed a Master of Music in Performance under the guidance of Beth Vanderborgh. A particular focus of his artistic and research activity is the rediscovery of lesser-known cello repertoire; his graduate research was devoted to the Sonata for Cello and Piano by Henriëtte Bosmans, a work he subsequently performed at festivals such as Nancyphonies and Anacaprifamusica. As a chamber musician, he collaborates regularly in ensemble and contemporary music projects, including recordings of the ballet SYLF by composer Antonio Blanco. Since the 2022/23 season, he has also served on the faculty of the Royal Professional Conservatory of Music and Dance in Albacete.
Antonio Soria is a pianist, pedagogue and musicologist internationally recognised as one of the foremost interpreters of the piano music of Joaquín Turina. A landmark achievement in his artistic career is the first complete recording of Turina’s piano works on sixteen CDs, described by Alicia de Larrocha as a “historic complete edition.” The project received both the Ritmo Award for Best Spanish Production and the CD Compact Award, establishing Soria among the leading specialists in twentieth-century Spanish piano repertoire. He received his musical training at the Conservatori del Liceu in Barcelona and the Conservatoire in Bordeaux under Ramón Coll and Francis Chapelet, while his artistic development was further shaped by musicians such as Maria João Pires, Joaquín Achúcarro, Alexis Weissenberg and Alicia de Larrocha, who later invited him to teach masterclasses at the Granados-Marshall Academy in Barcelona. As a soloist and chamber musician, Soria has performed in more than twenty countries with orchestras including the Moscow Kremlin Chamber Orchestra, the State Symphony Orchestra of Mexico, the National Symphony Orchestra of Kazakhstan and the Orchestre de Chambre de Toulouse. He has collaborated with conductors such as Salvador Brotons, Misha Rachlevsky and Gilles Colliard, while his chamber music and vocal recital partners have included Elena Obraztsova, Paul Meyer and Paul Badura-Skoda. Alongside his concert activity, he is active as a researcher, writer and university professor. He holds doctoral and postgraduate degrees in aesthetics, musical creativity and applied musicology, regularly gives masterclasses at international universities and serves on juries of major piano competitions, including the Chopin Competition in Rome and the Clara Haskil Competition in Switzerland. He is also founder and director of the International Congress of Pedagogy, Performative Research and Musical Creativity.
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