Besides the Steinway Hall honor, the group was a prize winner at the 1995 Melbourne International Competition in Australia and, most recently, won first prize at the Osaka International Chamber Music Competition in Japan. The Jerusalem Trio has won its share of honors on the home front as well. Each individual member received early recognition by winning scholarships from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation. When possible, they try to give a little back, Shiloah said. Although specializing in the Romantic-era music of Brahms, Mendelssohn, Schumann and Tchaikovsky, the musicians seem to have little time for personal romance.
None is married.
Perhaps all that traveling around is a factor. The first Jerusalem Trio recording, of the Brahms piano trios, was released in Toronto in 1998. Their second CD, featuring music of Shostakovich and Ravel, is due out this month. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any form without permission.