Discography
SWITCH
Switch is the debut album of the Galan Trio.
Thomas E. Bramel (U.S.A.), David Haladjian (Armenia - Switzerland), Vincent Kennedy (Ireland), Vasco M. N. Pereira (Portugal), Harald Weiss (Germany) and Nikos Xanthoulis (Greece) are the six composers, who accepted to compose for the Galan Trio.
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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)
© Melism Records
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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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