31/05/2026
SITKOVETSKY TRIO
SATURDAY 18 JULY 2.30PM
Ahead of the .trio's weekend at UKARIA in July, Ben Nicholls caught up with violinist Alexander Sitkovetsky to talk about the upcoming tour with his eponymous band.
The combination of independence and interdependence is part of what makes the piano trio genre so compelling, and the Sitkovetsky Trio such a brilliant exponent of the form. Throughout our conversation, Alexander champions the medium as much as his own ensemble. For his Trio, he says, ‘it’s something that is always at the centre of our lives, because we feel that it’s a very equal sort of triangle, and we can all be equally part of it, both for the collective and for the individual.’
The Trio’s two concerts at UKARIA exemplify their balance of continuity and variation. On Saturday 18 July they begin with a little-known piece by Cécile Chaminade, her second piano trio. ‘For us, this piece really stands out,’ Alexander says, ‘and so we are very, very passionate, supportive, and determined advocates of that piece.’ He thinks that they have performed the Chaminade more than thirty times this year in their mission ‘to show what a fantastic composer Cécile Chaminade is,’ and pairing this with Ravel’s Duo for Violin and Cello reveals the diversity of French music around the turn of the century. This is followed by a new piece by Ukrainian composer Lena Sierova, before concluding with Robert Schumann’s third piano trio.
📸: Daniel Snyder
