Trio hail from a city awash with music
5:00AM
Thursday April 03, 2008
By William Dart
The Eggner Trio take chamber music into the realm of the snazzy.
The epitome of elegant grooming, the three Austrian brothers - pianist Christoph, violinist Georg and cellist Florian - are unmistakably siblings.
During their 2006 tour, their combination of sartorial style and first-rate music-making was a winner.
Florian Eggner left New Zealand two years ago with vivid images of our country's natural beauties and of the people who had come to hear them. "The audiences were really nice and one of the best things about the trip. They were sitting there, through every concert, totally absorbing the music we were playing."
Prior to this, their only visit Downunder was a momentous one in 2003 when they carried off first prize at the Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition. Three air-fares had been well invested. "We knew it was a really big competition and that if we did well, it would be an international breakthrough for us, and that's why we are in New Zealand."
