Hermes Piano Trio & Hyacinth Quartet

This week on Introductions is the first of two programs featuring chamber ensembles from the Music Institute of Chicago Academy. Today has piano trio movements by Beethoven and Arensky; and string quartet movements by Haydn and Grieg. Members of these two groups have previously appeared on Introductions:: – Carrie Wang appeared with the Salice Piano Quartet in August 2021. – Amelia Zitoun appeared with Quartet Celeste in August 2021 and with the Aurora Piano Quartet in June 2020. – Mark Zhu gave a solo piano recital which aired in December 2020 and was featured as a concerto competition soloist in April 2020. – Sameer Agrawal performed live and solo in December 2019. He has also appeared with the CMPI String Quartet in December 2021 and in August 2021; with Quartet Celeste in in August 2021; and with the Infini String Quartet in August 2020. He is also set to do a live-to-air solo recital on December 10, 2022. – Esme Arias-Kim gave a solo violin recital in November 2020 and was featured as a concerto competition soloist in April 2022 and in October 2016. She has also appeared with the CMPI String Quartet in December 2021 and in August 2021; with the Zephyr String Quartet in August 2021; and with Trio Primavera in August 2020.