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Marija Stroke

Pianist Marija Stroke, whose playing has been described by Strad Magazine as “music making of stature and substance”, has performed chamber music, concerti and solo recitals in the United States, Canada, Europe, Russia, and Asia, and has played frequently at music festivals including Chamber Music Northwest, Caramoor, the City of London Festival, La Jolla SummerFest, and the Mostly Mozart Festival. She is a Steinway Artist. Ms. Stroke has performed with Joshua Bell, Mark Steinberg, Eugene Drucker, Raphael Hillyer, David Krakauer, David Shifrin, and conductors Ransom Wilson and Reinbert de Leeuw, and with the Brentano, Miami, Daedalus, and Borromeo string quartets. She has appeared in concerts with The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and at the Kennedy Center, Wigmore, Carnegie, David Geffen, and Alice Tully Halls. Marija Stroke is a founding member of the Apollo Trio, which has performed to critical acclaim in the United States and in Europe. The Apollo Trio has recorded music by Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Bruce Adolphe and David Schiff and, most recently, the complete Dvorak Piano Trios. Ms. Stroke's recording Do You Dream in Color? with soprano Laurie Rubin (BRIDGE 9364) was selected as “Critics’ Choice” by the American Record Guide.