In 2021, the Galan Trio – an epic classical piano trio hailing from Athens – built a bridge from Greece to the USA in the form of ten new works for piano, violin, and cello from composers based in the Southeast and Northeast. The project, aptly named Kinesis, met with such acclaim that their odyssey now continues with another phase: twelve commissioned works covering the Midwest and South Central states. Praised by Fanfare magazine for the “open ears and flexibility they display in so many idioms,” Galan Trio’s Kinesis, Vol. 2 expands further on their musical territory while maintaining the motion and emotional energy of the first set.

Highlights of the new double album include works that draw inspiration from children’s books and songs, a Welsh lullaby in the face of the Omicron viral variant, a microtonal homage to Jethro Tull, esoteric use of the numbers 9 and 70, the grand murals of Tom Lea, and a meeting of Persian and Western classical traditions. Once again, let Petros Bouras (piano), Babis Karasavvidis (violin), and Marina Kolovou (cello) be your guides on this award-winning, unstoppable trip.