Formed by three renowned musicians from the international concert scene, the ensemble was established in 2023 during the double anniversary of Sergei Rachmaninoff in the “Rachmaninoff Project 150–80,” where they successfully performed two programs featuring the composer’s complete chamber works with piano as part of the International Cervantino Festival. During 2024–25, they gave the closing concerts of the José Rolón International Music Festival and the KammerMex–DeutschMusikFest International Festival, and also performed at the Palace of Fine Arts. Its members—Aron Bitran, violin; Álvaro Bitran, cello; and Rodolfo Ritter, piano—are musicians who have won numerous awards and distinctions, including the Latin Grammy, the National Prize for Sciences and Arts, and the Fine Arts Medal, as well as critical acclaim and international reviews in Gramophone, Pizzicato, Fanfare, Diapason d’Or, International, Music Recordings, and Klassik. They maintain an important discography and an active career both as soloists and as chamber musicians.

THE PROGRAM

Variations on "Judas Maccabaeus" by George Frideric Handel (1796)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)

Petite Valse
Alfonso de Elías (1902–1984)

Sonata No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 105
Robert Schumann (1810–1856)

I. Mit leidenschaftlichem Ausdruck
II. Allegretto
III. Lebhaft

Sonata Breve (1930)
Manuel M. Ponce (1882–1948)

I. Allegretto mosso
II. Andante
III. Allegro alla Spagnuola

***** Intermission *****

Piano Trio No. 2 in C Major, Op. 87
Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)

I. Allegro moderato
II. Andante con moto
III. Scherzo: Presto
IV. Finale: Allegro giocoso

Trio Ritter-Bitrán

Arón Bitrán, violin
Álvaro Bitrán, cello
Rodolfo Ritter, piano