Trio

FLUTE,VIOLA & GUITAR

ROGERIO WOLF - flute, MARCELO JAFFE -viola, PAULO P�RTO ALEGRE -guitar

Comprising three renowned Brazilian musicians, the TRIO was formed in 1987 and had its debut at the British Cultural Center in S�o Paulo. Since then, the group has appeared regularly in the major concert halls in S�o Paulo, and in many other cities of Brazil. The TRIO specializes in the 19th and 20th century repertory as well the Brazilian music, most of it written specially for the group.

Joseph Kreutzer, Francesco Molino, Wenceslau Matiegka, Anton Bernhard Furstenau, Niccolo Paganini, Leo Brower, Anton Diabelli, Leonardo deCall, Gerardo Guevara, Fritz Skorzeny, M.E. Apostel, composers from different countries writing for the same kind of chamber music combination.

Although more than 150 years are gone since the first works were written, this extraordinary combination, flute, viola and guitar, still cause surprise, but they are nothing more than the most common instrumental combination ever seen in the music history - a solo instrument, an harmonic base and a support voice.

The fact that the flute and the viola work very close, a rich dialogue of contrapuntal solutions is offered, different from the traditional trios where a violin or a flute always do the solo part and the cello just plays the bass. In the flute, viola and guitar trio, the flute and the viola exchange the solo parts, as well the bass, presenting a great variation of timbre and color, making the music much more agreeable and interesting.

Another factor that has contributed a lot for the happy combination of these instruments, was the fact that almost all the musics were written by the musicians, masters of their instruments, and for this reason they were able to explore all the harmonic, soloist and above all, the sonorous capacities of each instrument and their combination.

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Scherzo from Paganini-Serenata 740Kb

Allegro from Kreutzer-Trio Opus 16 894Kb

Allegro from Molino-Trio Opus 45 889Kb

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Paganini, Furstenau, Molino and Kreutzer

Rog�rio Wolf

Rog�rio Wolf: Rog�rio Zerlotti Wolf was born in Campinas, S.P., Brazil, in 1956.

His work as a teacher has been developed in several places such as the Universidade Livre de M�sica de S�o Paulo and in different festivals all over the Country, helping to form new musicians.

His Bachelor Degree was taken at the Faculdade de Artes Santa Marcelina, and to improve his knowledge, he attended several Master Classes and courses abroad, with prominent musicians such James Walker (1982), �ndr�s Adorjan (1987), Pierre-Yves Artaud (1989), Jeanne Baxtresser (1991), and more recently the "7th James Galway International Flute Seminar" (1995) in Weggis,Switzerland.

His large experience with the orchestra has been acknowledged and consequently he has been invited to participate with different symphonic combination with prominent conductors such Kurt Masur, Roberto Tibiri��, Veronika Dudarova, as well to accompany important interpreters, among other we can mention Luciano Pavarotti, Antonio Menezes, Paul Badura-Skoda, and Nelson Freire.

Since the beginning of his career, Rog�rio Zerlotti Wolf has been noted as a soloist, playing with the more important orchestras of the Country and has regularly performed at chamber music concerts.

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Marcelo Jaff�

Marcelo Jaff� was born in S�o Paulo in 1963 and he was six years old when started his violin studies, with father Alberto Jaff�. Since the beginning he participated with the children group of chamber music. In 1970 he won the first prize in this category at the Concurso Estadual da Secretaria do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. From through 1972 he presented the programa"Musica Pr� Musica" at the TV Tupi, Rio de Janeiro. He attended several classes in Teres�polis, Brasilia and Campos do Jord�o. In 1977 he was living in Bras�lia when he decided to play the viola, and started his studies with his father. After two months working with the viola, he was a finalist at the Rede Globo-Funarte Contest for Young instrumentalist. In 1977 he won, with his Quintet, the first prize for the Chamber Music National Contest at the Brasilia University.

He played with several groups of chamber music and orchestras in Rio de Janeiro, Cear�, Brasilia, Jo�o Pessoa and S�o Paulo.

In 1981 he started working with the S�o Paulo State Symphonic Orchestra. As the winner of the Young Soloist contest he had the chance to be the soloist with the same orchestra.

In 1982 he left the Quarteto de Cordas da Cidade de S�o Paulo and went to Illinois University, USA, Where he studied and played with several orchestras till 1985 when he returned to Brasil and resumed his place with the Quarteto de Cordas. He performed several concerts and recitals in Rio de Janeiro and S�o Paulo. Marcelo is a viola teacher at the S�o Paulo University Department of Music.

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Paulo P�rto Alegre

Paulo P�rto Alegre was born in S�o Paulo. His teachers, were the best Guitar players of this time, Isa�as S�vio, Henrique Pinto e Abel Carlevaro. He studied composition with S�rgio Vasconcellos Corr�a and musical analysis with Hans Joachim Koelreuter.

As a soloist and chamber music player he has made, for several years, lots of presentations all over the Country and abroad. He has played as a soloist with the best orchestras in Brasil conducted by Isaac Karabtchewsky, Eleazar de Carvalho, Benito Juarez and Henrique Morelembaum. He was the first Brazilian to win the first prize for the V Concurso Internacional de Viol�o Palestrina and in III Concurso Internacional do Festival Villa Lobos. In 1986 he was one of the winners of the II Pr�mio Eldorado de M�sica. With his work "Contrast I" he won a special mention in the XXVI Paris International Contest. In 1988 he was the only Brazilian representative at the I Festival de M�sica Erudita de Pequim, China, as a teacher, soloist and chamber music player (with Kodaly Quartet). The last three years has been intensively active and he has performed as a soloist with different groups and as a singer accompanist. In 1992, from May to June he performed as a soloist in Europe playing in fifteen German cities an a recital in Paris.

Paulo P�rto Alegre deserves a special mention for his work as a composer and arranger for guitar music, and his work has been edited in Germany.

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Classic and Romantic Music

Joseph Kreutzer*-Trio op. 16

Carl Maria von Weber-Menuetto

Francesco Molino*-Trio op.45

Francesco Molino-3 Trios op. 4

Wenceslaus Matiegka-Serenata op..26

Wenceslaus Matiegka-Grand Trio

Anton Bernhard Furstenau*-Serenade op..86

Niccolo Paganini*-Serenata em F Major

Leonard DeCall-Trio op..134

Anton Diabelli-3 Trios

J.Nepomuk David-Trio

Jh.Chr.David-Trio

Contemporary Music

Leo Brower-Per Suonare a Tre

Mar-Chaim-Trio

Fritz Skorzeny-Trio

Gerardo Guevara-Cinco Postales

M.Erich.Apostel-Kleines Kammerkonzert op..38

M.Erich.Apostel-Studie op..29

P.Kont-Trio 1962

Brazilian Music

S�rgio Assad-Winter Impressions

Claudio Santoro-Briga Dial�tica dos Estilos

Claudio Santoro-Improviso nr.3

Paulo P�rto Alegre**-Trio

Antonio Alvino Argolo**-Cangaceiros, Coiteiros e Volantes

Antonio Madureira**-Maracat�

Mario Cezar** -Duas Pe�as

Raul do Valle-Trio

Jos� Eduardo Gramani**-Trio

Arrangements**

E.Gismonti-4 Pe�as

P.P.Alegre-2 Tocatas

H.Paschoal-2 Pe�as

G.Faur�-Jardin de Dolly

H.Villa-Lobos-O Gin�te do Pierrosinho

G.P.Telemann -Trio Sonata in b minor

W.Lawes-Pavan

(*)pieces included in CD Trio, for flute, viola guitar - Paulus Label

(**)pieces written for the group

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