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The\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Trio<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8216;s 2019<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2013\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">20 season included performances at major venues in New York, Boston, and Chicago, along with residencies at Snape Maltings and Yellow Barn. The\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Trio<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0is committed to passionate, original playing and thoughtfully curated programming, presenting a wide range of repertoire each season in both a traditional recital format and in unique multidisciplinary concert experiences.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cA star in the making,\u201d (<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Seattle Pi<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">) Jamaican<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8211;<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">American violist Jordan Bak is establishing a career as an artist of passion, energy, and authenticity in the recital and chamber music arenas. Considered one of the most outstanding musicians of his generation, Bak is a winner of the 2019 Concert Artists Guild Victor <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Elmaleh<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Competition, the recipient of the 2019 Samuel Sanders Tel Aviv Museum Prize and the 2019 John White Special Prize from the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Tertis<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0International Viola Competition. Bak is also a Sphinx Competition alum and Sphinx MPower Artist Grant Recipient. 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