Performers

Gryphon Trio

Annalee Patipatanakoon, violin

Roman Borys, cello

Jamie Parker, piano

Formed in 1993, the Gryphon Trio continues to delight audiences around the globe with highly refined and dynamic performances. Based in Toronto, the trio tours regularly throughout Canada, the United States, and Europe and their celebrated recordings include works by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Dvorak, Lalo, Shostakovich and Piazzolla. With a strong commitment to expanding the piano trio repertoire, the Gryphon Trio has commissioned and premiered over 50 works. Their 2004 recording, Canadian Premieres, features the work of leading Canadian composers and was awarded a JUNO. The trio’s most recent recording explores the great chamber music of Ludwig van Beethoven. This represents their eleventh recording for the ANALEKTA label and is the second CD in a three part Beethoven trilogy. Avid collaborators, the Gryphon trio has worked on special projects project with clarinettist James Campbell, actor Colin Fox, choreographer David Earle, and a host of jazz luminaries at Toronto’s Lula Lounge. Their most ambitious undertaking has been the groundbreaking multimedia production of Christos Hatzis’ Constantinople, which has been performed in Canada, the United States, and was presented by the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden in England in 2006. In 2007, the Gryphon Trio was appointed Artistic Directors of the Ottawa International Chamber Music Festival, a position that cellist Roman Borys now holds.

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