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We've had performances together as a chamber group um without the orchestra. Um But in classical repertoire, it's kind of rare to find a piece that's written for more than one soloist with the orchestra. So this is the first and maybe the only time. Uh we, we, we do this and we've been performing together for years now. But of course, this is a very unique piece um in a standard concerto, you usually have one soloist before the orchestra. Um But Beethoven wrote this concerto for three soloists. So it's essentially like a trio with orchestral accompaniment. Um And it's been great to work with uh these two guys because, you know, they're sort of uh inborn ensemble members. Um And um it's been great collaborating with the South Shore Symphony and Mr Adam Glaser, I'm the pianist. I played cello and a violinist. So it's, it's a lot of moving parts um just making sure that first of all, for this, this piece specifically, you know, you have three soloists, you have a, a full orchestra that can back you up. But I think it's even more special because, you know, as he said, it's your two siblings and I really don't think this happens too often. Um, so I'm very grateful for that but, uh in regards to how this is gonna go, I mean, it's a typical performance except all three of us are the soloists and not really one of us has the spotlight by ourselves, but we're shining together, which should be pretty interesting. Yeah, we're all very frequently bouncing ideas back and forth between each other. You know, maybe Cameron will play something on the violin that Christopher responds to on the piano or I'll play something on the cello that actually the orchestra may respond to. So it's a lot of different voices at the same time at different times and it's just a lot of fun. Yeah. Playing, playing with the two of them is, is uh it's a lot more fun for me than playing with, you know, just general other musicians. Um Because if, if you're in a chamber group with, you know, colleagues from school or whatever, it may be, um you're just collaborating for the sake of collaborating and it's fun and it's, it's exciting, whatever. But with the three of us, you know, we, we, we grew up playing music in the um in, in the living room together. So every time we have a performance, it's not really like, it's a performance. It's more like we're just having fun as brothers on stage. It's uh it's different, I guess since we're brothers, you know, the chemistry is already there, you know, in different groups, when you collaborate with different musicians, there has to be a lot more said and explained. Um But I guess since we understand each other uh pretty well, you know, a lot of things don't really have to be said. Um and playing with an orchestra is always great because it adds an extra layer uh to everything. Um Whereas, you know, we just be collaborating by ourselves, just three voices, the orchestra adds a lot more depth to, I guess what the music is all about. It's cool because like most times when people listen to us play uh as a trio, we always get comments, they come up to us and say like, you know, you guys have great chemistry. Like, you know, I, what is it? And I never know the answer because we don't really like put any work into having good chemistry. It's just, I guess that's part of the whole sibling thing. And yeah, a, a lot of times I see myself rehearsing with my classmates at school and I notice that, you know, there's something there that I uh in a specific part of a piece that I maybe would not have done or something that we might disagree on. But a lot of times when I come home for the holidays or a break and we decide to play in the living room, it's kind of just like that and everything kind of just falls into place. And I think a lot of that has to do with how familiar we are, like, with each other's sound and how we play our instruments. So, yeah. And the funny thing about playing with colleagues is that, you know, you always have to be so polite, like, I think, you know, right here, if it's possible if it's not too much of a problem, can you maybe play it like this? But when you know, playing and rehearsing with brother, you just say uh that sounds terrible. Can you do it like this? I think honestly, just being able to perform this specific piece with orchestra. This is a big milestone, I think for all three of us because when we start first started playing our instruments, nobody really expected it to become as big as it as it's gotten. And there really is only one major piece that you get to play uh piano, violin and cello with a complete orchestra. So to be able to check this off the bucket list, I think will just be massive for me. I hope for you guys. Also, most of the repertoire you play as a soloist, just being frank. It's a lot more difficult than this piece is written individually for our instruments. So as a soloist, you're not really like seeking out this piece to play with an orchestra. But again, as I said, like as a, as a trio, as a group there's pretty much nothing else that fulfills his, uh, want or need or desire. So, it's, it's, it's just different and it's very exciting. Yeah. When, when we were growing up you see our, our dad put us for music lessons when we were a kid, I guess, just for a disciplinary thing. Um, but, you know, he, uh, he loves music himself and he's like, oh, my God, what a dream. It would be if they would be able to play Beethoven triple concerto one day, that would be amazing. And uh you know, as we grow as we grew up and we improved, the dream uh became a little bit more tangible and, you know, not as unrealistic. Um So, yeah, so I guess for us as a trio, this is, you know, as you said, like a milestone piece, um something that we really aspire to play and, you know, in contrast to other trio works, that may be a little bit more small scale. And so, you know, this is with an orchestra, it's on a big stage with a b a big audience and uh just really looking forward to sharing that with a lot of people bucket list item. Yeah, our parents, they picked it for us when we were four. I picked up a violin not knowing what the violin was. And uh I don't know when you just repeat things. Uh As many times as we did, it just became second nature and I ended up loving the instrument before I, like, really knew what classical music was. Yeah, it's, um, when, when you're four years old, you know, there's very few Children that I guess are, like, really over the moon about playing an instrument. I mean, some have a desire to do it but making a four year old sit down and practice every day is, you know, uh, it's, you know, like a pulling teeth. So it took a while, I guess, for us to really enjoy it and like, truly love it. Um, but, you know, it's sort of something that has been with us for years and, you know, when you do something for such a long time, you grow to love it and can't really picture yourself without it in the initial stages of learning it. It obviously wasn't the most exciting part of my day. I wasn't really looking forward to practicing. But, um, I can definitely, definitely say now that of, of any possible hobby, whether it's sports or art or music, I, I think my parents did a good job picking the right hobby for me because it's a, the biggest passion in my entire life. None of this would be possible without uh Mr Adam Glaser and the South Shore Symphony. So I would definitely like to thank him for that. We um, all met Mr Glaser when we were younger, we were studying at Juilliard pre-college Division and he was the uh conductor for the Juilliard pre-college orchestra. And we had the opportunity to be able to be able to perform with him um over there. So it definitely means a lot that we were given this opportunity and just wanted to thank him and everyone else involved. Yeah, it's, it's we really uh do not take this opportunity for granted. And uh yeah, as he was saying, sir, Adam Glazer has been a friend of ours for quite a long time now. I think I met him 10 years ago actually. Um So yeah, I, I can't thank him enough and thank the South Shore Symphony. They've been great in rehearsals and I'm looking, we're looking forward to performing with them on Saturday. Definitely. I think it's gonna get nostalgic pretty quickly. Um Because again, as I said, it's pretty much the only piece that's written like this. So once that uh box has been checked off, um uh Yeah, so we're, we're gonna miss it pretty so some memories you don't really appreciate until it's behind you. Um So in the moment it's great and this is all a great opportunity, great experience, but I think I'll be most fond of it when I'm looking back on it a year from now. Certain memories are ingrained into your brain forever. You remember your first concert when you were four years old? You remember when you first performed an orchestra, maybe when you were 13 years old. This is definitely gonna be one of those uh when you were able to perform with your two brothers with the orchestra for the first time. So, I mean, it's, I guess it's natural to be nervous. Um but, you know, you can be nervous while also having fun, nervous while excited. I don't know if you both share the same. I think it's more excited than nervous. Um You know, this, this hole is pretty much gonna be filled with all friends and family. So it shouldn't be uh too stressful of an environment. Um, especially with them two on stage, you know, and everyone collectively should feel pretty much at home. There, there's good nerves and there's bad nerves and I think this definitely falls into the category of good nerves.

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