Date and time:
Thursday, April 23, 2026, from 7 p.m.
Venue:
Concert Hall of the Jan Deyl Conservatory
Maltézské nám. 14, Praha 1
Program
- Dmitri Shostakovich. Piano Trio No. 1 in C sharp minor, Op. 8
- Ursula Mamlok: Panta rhei
- Lee Bradshaw: Mi Ha´ish Variations (dedicated to the ensemble – Czech premiere)
- Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Piano Trio in C minor
Performers
- Trio Delyria (Germany) – piano trio
At this single concert of this year’s Ullmann Festival, listeners will not hear music by Viktor Ullmann (because he did not write any works for this ensemble), but all the composers and their compositions are closely related to Ullmann’s musical and intellectual world and his life story: Shostakovich’s lifelong artistic struggle with the Soviet totalitarian apparatus did not end tragically, as in Ullmann’s case, but it still cost him a great deal of energy and remains a powerful example of an unbreakable artistic spirit. The music of Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy was banned by the Nazi regime because of his Jewish origins. Ursula Mamlok, born in Berlin in 1923, had to emigrate with her Jewish family to the United States in the 1930s, where she eventually built a successful musical career. And the composition by Lee Bradshaw, a contemporary Australian composer, which will have its Czech premiere, is a variation on a popular Hebrew song that encourages a kind and peaceful life…
About performers
Trio Delyria – piano trio
The members of Trio Delyria, David Strongin (violin), Elisha Kravitz (piano), and Uriah Tutter (cello), come from Israel, but all studied in Germany, where they founded their ensemble in 2020. Among other things, they are winners of second prize in chamber music at the Polytechnic Society competition for students of the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts and finalists in the Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy competition in Berlin. As soloists, they have also won numerous awards. They are regularly invited to concerts in Germany and Israel, as well as to record for Israeli radio.
