Press Reviews

"... chamber music gained the main role thanks to the very fine Ars Trio... precise stylistic conscience, careful sound definition, intense phrasing, capable of illuminating the different expressive climates..."
Cesare Galla - II Giornale di Vicenza.

"...Ars Trio: The capacity to attract… they gave proof not only of their mastery, but also of their great capacity of involving the audience, thus gaining long thunders of applause ...they also gave proof their special harmony and spiritual bond ...they captured the attention of the audience, who held their breath till the last note..."
Giusy Ferraina - La Nazione di Siena.

"...A great success and lots of applause for the Ars Trio… they managed to confer a poetical tone, a cultivated flair, on the whole an excellent musical capacity to the chosen pieces…a fiery and shining music which the three talented musicians lit up with the warmth of their interpretative power, a palette of bright colours, produced by the fusion of the instrumental ensemble…”
Attilio Botarelli - II Corriere di Siena.

"...A chance of pure poetry with the exhibition of the Ars Trio…”
Patrizia Ferialdi - Il Piccolo di Trieste.

"...International City of Pinerolo Competition... the Palm was awarded to the Ars Trio di Roma, capable of a remarkable interplay, who generously dispensed unforgettable throbs and vibrations..."
Simone Monge –Suonare, Maggio 2001.

“… the Ars Trio was able to renew the magic of the trio… the Ars Trio had many strings on their bow… they faced the page without useless frills, in a direct and frank manner, reaching the heart of the matter… There were thunders of applause after the op. 70 from Beethoven and the intense page of Copland…”
Claudio Gherbitz - Il Piccolo di Trieste.

“… Trio Prize of Triest. Musicality first of all. That’s what was performed, along with undisputable technical endowments, by the winning ensemble: the very Italian Ars Trio…”
Roberto Calabretto – Suonare News.

“… there was a standing ovation at the end of the unforgettable concert… the exhibition of the Trio was top level, with undisputable technical quality on the individual plan, but achieving interpretative harmony all together… the Trio gave proof of a perfect balance and of great colour sensibility..."
Juan H. Desiderio – El Pais – Montevideo.

“… the Italians are back to demonstrate their greatness in chamber music… the ensemble measured themselves with a hundred percent romantic program, gaining the greatest success... its sonority was always appropriate, along with an iron cohesion... the acme was Rachmaninov’s Elegiac Trio, when they revealed all their musical expression…”
Mario Cordova – Santiago del Cile.

“… A Trio with a solid basis… the formation gave proof of a remarkable ensemble work. An accurate work of setting-up and maturation of a repertoire, among whose objectives is the achievement of homogeneity, of sound balancing and the determination of an interpretative stylistic unity…the execution presented some moments of rare excellence…”
Fabio Zannoni – L’Arena Verona.

“… Ars Trio's exhibition was absolutely involving and excellent. The expressive traits were always fitting and wide-ranging… Ars Trio’s interpretation proved to be evocative, intense and passionate, as it very rarely happens. Thus, they assessed themselves as a valuable and authentic ensemble…”
M. P. – Gazzetta del Sud.

“… Ars Trio’s exhibition in Rovereto was particularly convincing and could confirm their already famous talent… perfect fusion of three sensibilities, supported by an impeccable instrumental technique and an accurate and scrupulous preparation... Ravel’s Trio was the best moment of the evening, and the Ars Trio was capable of generous bounces. The execution was endowed with colorful richness and sudden changes of mood, which very well suited Ravel’s pace, among moments of intimate simplicity and of sumptuous and redundant sound falls…”
E. Campagna – L’Adige.

“A hard path, scaled through the highest peaks of twentieth-century’s musical history… the Ars Trio managed to establish a precise poetical path, exquisitely Ivesian…Ravel’s music they performed was mature, generous, made up of a full-bodied and involving sound… Trio n. 2 op. 67 by Shostakovich: the execution’s full narrative disposition complied with the elegiac character of this evocative masterpiece…the lively and compact sound of the Ars Trio was able to justify the internal drama contained in all the score…”
Giovanni Fontechiari – La Gazzetta di Parma.

“… Shostakovich for Ars Trio’s class… In Sala Piatti, the Ars Trio’s performance gave proof of great maturity, transparent sound, a dynamic gamma and musical intelligence, all of which were almost ideal… the interpretation was of great quality, they could capture maturely the formal and stylistic demands of the pieces, achieving a valuable timbre and instrumental fusion… Of great value was also the Jugoslavian Soprano Miomira Vitas, who flanked the trio with her good vocal endowments and musicality during the execution of the "Seven lyrics on Alexander Bloch poems, op. 127”.
In the trio n. 2 op. 67, all of the heterogeneous creative world of Shostakovich is condensed. A true masterpiece, executed with evocative and convincing brightness by the musicians…”
Lorenzo Tassel – L’Eco di Bergamo.

“… Emotions during Ars Trio’s concert at GOG… a young and cohesive chamber ensemble was hosted at the Carlo Felice Theatre, playing a program of great interpretative and performing commitment. The three interprets’ executions were absolutely involving in their limpidity and emotional compactness, rigorous and fiery in their expressive intensity… great success, lots of applause…”
W. Edwin Rosasco – Il Secolo XIX.

“… A happy example of equivalence and of a dynamic and bright harmony was given by the Ars Trio, in their elegant reading of the Trio in B maj op. 8 by Brahms. In the carefully smooth amalgam woven by their personal techniques and sensitivities, they help find the bounces of the intimate and melodic vein of Brahms, underlined by a sober and well defined phrasing…”
Dejan Bozovic – Il Gazzettino - Trieste

“… everything in their very accurate interpretation was well knit and overwhelming, leaving space for the executors to express at their best. The Brahms trio’s movements were very well characterized, with ample chiaroscuro…"
Alberto Godas - Vita Nuova - Trieste

“… Young and with a high target… this is what strikes most the listener; a sensitive capacity to fuse sounds beyond the authors and ages treated but with ever rigorous respect...”
Franzina Ancona – Rinascita.

“… the sounds themselves, differently combined, generate atmosphere, sensations, messages. These messages are superbly offered by the Ars Trio, among strains, suspensions, surprises and contrasts, thanks to the good technical achievements, chasing each other, superimposing the strings and the piano, in a continuous flow, always exalting the other players and never disturbing them…”
MyCatanzaro News

“… the three very good musicians have proposed a brilliant execution of the famous trio in D maj op. 70 by Beethoven… precise and impeccable interpretation of one of the most famous and difficult pages of the musical repertoire…”
Luigi de Martino – Foggia News

“… Splendid exhibition of the three chamber musicians, fronting scores of great complexity… The evening was a crescendo culminating in the trio in E min by Shostakovich, presenting the virtuosity of the artists, committed in the execution with a passionate and aggressive approach…The harmony of the three was really surprising… the execution was impeccable and allowed us to fully relish the St. Petersburg composer…”
Erica Culiat – Messaggero Veneto - Giornale del Friuli

“… great confidence and authority, united to an excellent phrasing. The ensemble’s harmony and amalgam is excellent, profiting of each chance to sing a phrase, a note. Very good commitment transpires from the execution… With the trio op. 67 the Ars Trio ran wild, giving proof of all their qualities, with a great concentration and attention to the smallest nuances of the score, and a great sound – sometimes terse and clean, other times aggressive and scratchy…”
Alberto Godas – Vita Nuova - Trieste

“… for Shostakovich’s works was called the Ars Trio from Rome, whose visible rule is restlessness, mobility of attitude, and therefore is in perfect harmony with the positive rhythmic energy, with the expressive warmth of Shostakovich…”
Claudio Gherbitz – Il piccolo - Trieste

“… At the Chamber Music salon they couldn’t forget the recurrence of the hundredth anniversary of the great Russian musician, Shostakovich… A homage to the high artistic level, with the excellent Ars Trio for the leading role… what is particularly engaging is the balance between the musicians, left untouched by the dynamic transformations, traced and executed with impeccable logic and competence, within the emotionally rich reading, constructed with inspiring perspicacity… “
Dejan Bozovic – Zeno – Il settimanale di Trieste