Made in trio, Imprints
David Dias da Silva introduces us to his Made in Trio ensemble, in which he is joined by Portuguese flutist Rute Fernandes and Italian pianist Sinforosa Petralia. First Prize winners at the Marianne und Curt Dienemann-Stiftung Competition in Switzerland, the International Chamber Music Competition of Chieri in Italy and the Opus 130 Chamber Music Competition in Canada, Made in Trio now brings us their winning blend of popular and folk music with Imprints.
MADE IN TRIO
David Dias da Silva, clarinet
Rute Fernandes, flute
Sinforosa Petralia, piano
A GLIMPSE OF THE REPERTOIRE*
C.DEBUSSY (1862-1918)
Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun (originally for orchestra, trio version)
N.ROTA (1911-1979)
Trio for Flute, Violin, and Piano (adapted for clarinet)
F.MARTIN (1890-1974)
Trio on Irish Folk Tunes (originally for violin, cello, and piano)
BIOGRAPHY
David Dias da Silva, clarinet
Born in Montréal, Canada, and raised in a Portuguese family, David studied at the Escola Profissional de Música de Viana do Castelo and at the Escola Superior de Música e Artes do Espetáculo in Porto, with professors Iva Barbosa and Antonio Saiote. He has earned a Master’s degree in performance and a Soloist Diploma from the Musik Akademie der Stadt Basel under the tutelage of François Benda, and an Artist Diploma from McGill University’s Schulich School of Music in Montréal, in the clarinet classes of Jean-François Normand and Alain Desgagné.
Winner of the “Prix d’Europe” competition and the “Canadian Music Competition – Tremplin” in 2016 in Canada, he obtained several other distinctions, for a total of twenty-seven national and international prizes (Canada, France, Italy, United States, Switzerland, Spain, Belgium and Portugal).
He was principal clarinet on temporary contract with the Sinfonieorchester Basel (2015-2018) and then lived for four years in Malaysia as assistant principal clarinet with the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra. He is currently a freelance musician. In addition to his career as an international soloist and chamber musician, he is regularly invited as an orchestral musician with Musikkolegium Winterthur, Orquestra Gulbenkian, Orchester Symphonique de Montréal, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, East-West Chamber Orchestra and also again with Sinfonieorchester Basel. He is a member of the Portuguese Chamber Orchestra since 2009, an artist of Jeunesses Musicales Canada since 2018, an ambassador of the culture of the city of Viana do Castelo in Portugal and a former artist of the Musikdorf Ernen Festival in Switzerland.
