The members of Zefíra Trio have established themselves as solo artists and chamber musicians of the highest standard. They are top prize winners of many national and international competitions and appear often as soloists with orchestras or in major recital halls across the country. This commitment to excellence is the foundation of their collaboration — to combine the instrumental mastery of the soloist into the ‘many-become-one’ that defines great chamber music playing and is achieved only by long-term association and mutuality in joint performance.

Their exciting program will include “Five Pieces for Two Violins and Piano” by Dmitri Shostakovich, Faure’s “Piano Trio in d minor, Op. 120”, a Kreisler transcription of “Farewell to Cucullain”, Kreisler’s “Miniature Viennese March” and arrangements of selections from Bernstein’s “West Side Story.”

Olga Patramanska-Bell (violin) was born and raised in Ukraine, where she received her musical education. After finishing her Bachelor's degree at the R.M. Glier Kyiv State Higher Music College and studying a few years at the National Musical Academy of Ukraine, she came to Boston to continue her education at the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She received her Masters of Music degree under the guidance of Mr. Mark Lakirovich. Olga is an active performer and participant in numerous concerts, projects and festivals. She is a winner of the Concerto competition and Honors competition at the Longy School of Music, and has performed as a soloist with the Longy Chamber Orchestra, National Pops Symphony Orchestra, and Philharmonia Orchestra in Ukraine. A winner of several competitions in Ukraine, she has travelled through Europe performing solo recitals and playing in violin ensembles. Olga is currently on the faculties of Powers Music School and Concord Community Music School where she also serves as Chair of the String department. Currently a member of the Juventas New Music Ensemble, her past engagements include Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, Symphony New Hampshire, Atlantic Symphony Orchestra, Walden Chamber Music Players, ECCE ensemble, Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra, Equilibrium Ensemble, Boston New Music Initiative.

Ashima Scripp (cello) has toured extensively throughout the United States and abroad. A dedicated and sought-after chamber music collaborator, Ms. Scripp has performed hundreds of works from Bach to Schoenberg for audiences around the country and been invited to perform as part of the New Hampshire, North Country Chamber Players, VentiCordi, Hot Springs and Kneisel Hall chamber music festivals. In 2004 she joined the critically acclaimed Walden Chamber Players and became the ensemble’s Artistic Director in 2012. Ms. Scripp has served on the cello and chamber music faculty of the Longy School of Music and Concord Academy as well as the Killington Music Festival, the Chamber Music Conference and Composer’s Forum of the East, and the International Summer Music Academy in Regensberg, Germany. Ms. Scripp received her Bachelor of Music degree from the Manhattan School of Music as a student of Alan Stepansky andher Master of Music degree from Northwestern University as a student of Hans Jensen.

Eleanor Perrone (piano) has concertized in Brazil and Europe, performing in Sao Paolo, Campinas, Brussels, German-American Institutes at Kiel, Saarbrucken and Heidelberg, and the American Academy in Rome, featuring the piano music of former Academy prize winners, Yehudi Wyner and Stephen Hartke. Other solo and chamber music engagements include Caramoor Festival, Merkin Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Courthouse Center for the Arts, LiveArts concert series, and Oracle Piano Society series. Concerto engagements have included the Boston Pops, Orquestra Sinfonica de Campinas and the Billings Symphony. Ms. Perrone received her Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from Boston University and has studied with Patricia Zander, Anthony di Bonaventura, Bela Boszormenyi-Nagy, and Leonard Eisner. She on the faculty of Boston College and the Rivers School Conservatory, and has recorded Beethoven Diabelli Variations and Bagatelles for solo piano, and Vivaldi Six Sonatas for Cello and Piano with Ms. Scripp. Please visit: www.eleanorperrone.com to learn more.