08/06/2026
MARCH 12, 2027 POLONSKY-SHIFRIN-WILEY TRIO
The Polonsky-Shifrin-Wiley Trio made its debut at Dumbarton Oaks in February 2019. We are honored to join the list of prestigious chamber music presenters who have featured their performances. We look forward to a stunning concert of trios by Alexander Zemlinsky, Francis Poulenc, and Johannes Brahms (Op. 114).
Pianist Anna Polonsky is widely in demand as a soloist and chamber musician. Ms. Polonsky has collaborated with the Guarneri, Orion, Juilliard, and Shanghai Quartets, and with such musicians as Mitsuko Uchida, Yo-Yo Ma, Richard Goode, and Emanuel Ax. A frequent guest at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, she was a member of its Chamber Music Society Two during 2002-2004. A Yale University faculty member since 1987, clarinetist David Shifrin has performed with the Chamber Music Society since 1982. He has collaborated with the Guarneri, Tokyo, and Emerson quartets, and frequently performs with pianist André Watts. A top prize winner in competitions throughout the world, including Munich, Geneva, and San Francisco, he has held principal clarinet positions in The Cleveland Orchestra and the American Symphony under Leopold Stokowski. His recordings have received three Grammy nominations and his performance of Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto with the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra was named Record of the Year by Stereo Review. Peter Wiley was cellist of the Beaux Arts Trio from 1987 through 1998, with which he performed over a thousand concerts, including appearances with many of the world’s greatest orchestras. He succeeded his mentor, David Soyer, as cellist of the Guarneri Quartet from 2001 until the quartet retired from the concert stage in 2009.
