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	Burkhard Maiss, violin Philip Douvier, viola Bogdan Jianu, violoncello Prize-winners in the prestigious 1999 Bonn Chamber Music Competition, the Jacques Thibaud String Trio was founded at the Berlin School of Art in 1994. Since then, the ensemble has performed throughout Europe, Japan and North America, receiving tremendous acclaim from audiences and critics alike. Calling their playing “spontaneous and commanding,” the New York Times said, “this could be the first string trio in some time to have a major career.” As another music critic wrote, “What would attract this generation to concert music? For starters, how about an ensemble whose members look like a boy band, exhibit no apparent pretension and play with the passion of Nine Inch Nails? Meet the Jacques Thibaud String Trio.” With their charm, youthful exuberance and astounding virtuosity, the Trio has delighted audiences of all ages in large and small venues. In the U.S., they have appeared at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall, New York City’s Frick Collection (twice), Washington DC’s National Gallery, hundreds of other venues including Stanford University, the Caramoor Festival, the Cleveland Museum of Art, and cities including Boston, Los Angeles, Chicago, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, San Diego, Milwaukee, Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Memphis, Indianapolis, Phoenix, Tucson, Salt Lake City, and Honolulu. As Ensemble-in-Residence at the 2001 Florida International Festival, they drew an audience of over two thousand to their final concert. They have also given successful residencies in settings ranging from conservatories to music camps to an Indian reservation in Arizona. Internationally, the Trio has appeared at London’s Wigmore Hall, throughout Germany, in major Japanese cities on several tours, and at some of Europe’s most prestigious festivals including Belgium’s Musica Mundi (three return invitations) and Gidon Kremer’s Echternach Festival in Luxembourg. Recent activities include UCLA's prestigious Schoenberg Hall series (performing Schubert's "Trout" and the Hummel Quintets with musical colleagues from Japan and Brazil), New York City, Chicago, Princeton University, Washington D.C. (televised and broadcast on radio worldwide by Voice of America), several tours with flutist Eugenia Zukerman, and breaking the venerable Music Mountain Festival's long-standing "string quartets only" policy, receiving an immediate return invitation! [176 hits since June 2006]