The Stohr-Tung-Martin Trio Concert

Two gifted young musicians, violinist Kaito Stohr and violist Kielor Tung, now students at Swarthmore College, will join veteran cellist Robert Martin, director of the Chamber Music Residency Program, for a performance of trios by Beethoven and Gideon Klein and other works. Gideon Klein was a Czech composer and pianist who was imprisoned in 1940 first at Theresienstadt and then at Auschwitz. He wrote his String Trio at age 25, a few weeks before he was murdered by the Nazis.

Free and open to the public.

Open coaching session with distinguished cellist Thomas Kraines on Wednesday, May 27, 1-3 p.m. in Rose Hall

Thomas Kraines, a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music and the Juilliard School, has gained renown as a versatile cellist, composer, and teacher. Cellist of the Daedalus Quartet, he also performs often with his wife, violinist Juliette Kang, with the Philadelphia-based Network for New Music, the Arcana Ensemble, and the improvisatory ensembles Great Blue Heron and Basquiat Blues. Kraines’ solo cello and chamber compositions have been heard around the country. He has performed his own works in collaboration with artists such as Awadagin Pratt, Mimi Stillman, Maria Jette, Ilana Davidson, and Kinan Abou-afach. Kraines has served on the faculty of the Longy School of Music, Princeton University, Peabody Conservatory, Phillips Academy Andover, and Yellow Barn. He currently teaches at the University of Pennsylvania and the Settlement Music School in Philadelphia. He has performed chamber music at the Moab Music Festival, Festival dei Due Mondi (Spoleto, Italy), Bravo! Vail, Caramoor Summer Music Festival, Next Generation Festival, Portland Chamber Festival, Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival, Mostly Mozart Festival, and Bard Music Festival. Kraines studied cello with Frederic Raimi, Orlando Cole, and Joel Krosnick, and composition with Tom Benjamin. He lives in Philadelphia with his wife Juliette, and daughters Rosalie and Clarissa.