The ALEA Pianotrio which consists of one Luxemburgish and two Czech 
musicians, came about in a somewhat unusual way, not as a result of 
a chance or a deliberate meeting of players wishing to work together 
but because of the wilpower of a music lover, Geoffrey Piper. 
Of British nationality but long resident in Luxemburg, keen student 
of Czech affairs as well as an impresario for Czech musicians, 
Piper wished to bring together three musicians to create a second 
permanent Czech/Luxemburgish ensemble (The Trio Bohemia Luxemburg 
constituting the first).

The name ALEA (from Latin, as in "the die is cast") was a humourous 
suggestion from one of the players, signifying that the selection 
of the musicians was partly fortuitous.

Their debut tour in March 2008, with concerts in Prague, Luxemburg 
and Amsterdam, however confirmed Piper's intuition and all three 
musicians want to keep on playing together.




Please listen to a few excerpts recorded during their debut tour.



D. Shostakovich    Trio op.67 Nr.2

L.v. Beethoven     Trio op.70 Nr.1 (Geister Trio)

A. Dvorak          Dumka Nr.6

J. Suk             Piano Trio op.2





For booking: 


Prague:
Jan NYKRYN
Tel: +420 603 902 620
email: info@nykryn.com
www.nykryn.com

Luxemburg:
MusicEnterprise (Geoff Piper)
Tel: +352 474269, fax: +352 223585
email: pipergeo@pt.lu
www.intermusica.org/czechlist.html

Photo by Marius Bassie