Valen Trio
Piano trio | Norway
About Valen Trio
Valen Trio consists of Einar Røttingen (piano), Ricardo Odriozola (violin) and John Ehde (cello). Founded in 2009, the trio took its name after the Norwegian composer Fartein Valen. In addition to performing trios from the standard repertoire, Valen Trio actively commissions new trios and explores repertoire from the 19th and 20th centuries that deserve to be better known.
Valen Trio's first CD release on LAWO with trios by Fartein Valen, Klaus Egge and Ketil Hvoslef received great critical acclaim — Gramophone wrote: 'The players' ensemble and intonation are flawless and their understanding of each other and the repertoire highly impressive.' Fanfare wrote: 'They play Valen's rhythmic, energetic music with love and great attention to detail and with the stylistic knowledge that comes from a serious study of the composer and knowledge of the culture in which he worked.' In 2013 Valen Trio did the first performance of Knut Vaage's In Movement at the Bergen International Festival, and in 2015 they toured Norway and Denmark with trios by Martinu, Dvořák and Grieg.
