The Wiener Klaviertrio was founded in 1988 by the pianist Stefan Mendl, the
cellist Marcus Trefny and the violinist Wolfgang Redik. In addition to
intensive studies with the Trio di Trieste, the Beaux Arts Trio and the
Haydn Trio Wien, the three musicians also worked with Isaac Stern, Joseph
Kalichstein and members of the LaSalle and Guarneri Quartets. The ensemble
has been undertaking extensive concerto tours throughout Europe, in the
United States and Canada since the early 1990s. Moreover, the three
musicians regularly appear at many festivals, such as the "Flanders
Festival" and the "Schubertiade Feldkirch". After its successful concert
cycle in Vienna's Konzerthaus with the entire piano trio oeuvre of Ludwig
van Beethovens, the Wiener Klaviertrio presented all of Schubert's piano
trios in London's Wigmore Hall as well as in Vienna's Musikverein in the
1996/97 season. This concert was recorded in late January 1999 at the
Mozartwoche Festival in Salzburg.