The piano trio The Silver Line was founded in 2008 at the Banff Centre for the Arts in the Rocky Mountains of Canada.
Rosabel Mateusz Edwin
Just played in Peterborough and Guelph for enthusiatic crowds!!
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We are a Canadian piano trio that came together during the Fall 2008 Creative Music Residency in Banff, and decided to continue our collaboration on a full time basis in Toronto. Over the past several months we have pushed the boundaries of traditional performance spaces having given recitals at conservatories, galleries and clubs where one of our highlights was opening for the Toronto indie band The Wooden Sky. Having all been educated at such institutions as Julliard, Oberlin , the New England Conservatory and the San Francisco Conservatory, one of our goals is to deviate from the standard performance practice and bring an eclectic mix of multi-genre music to as many different audiences as possible. Deeply committed to educating today's youth about music we devote much of our time to performances in schools and community centres. We recently returned from summer studies at the Banff Centre and Stanford for some intensive study.
The Silver Line comes from the idea that “every cloud has a silver lining”. No matter what life may bring, The Silver Line reminds us of the simple beauty in musical collaboration.
Rosabel Choi, pianist
Pianist Rosabel Choi’s approach to the study of music is enriched by a broad educational background, and she maintains a lively interest in teaching, writing, and literature. Rosabel has performed throughout the continent as a soloist and a chamber musician, received her undergraduate training at Oberlin Conservatory of Music, and graduate degree at the University of Calgary.
There she was recipient of the Kiwanis Rose Bowl, University of Calgary Open Scholarship, Roslyn McCowan Award, and presented a lecture recital and performance at the
international Kurtág/Anhalt symposium. Recently Rosabel attended the Creative Music Residency at the Banff Centre in Canada, where she collaborated and studied with artists from across North America and the world including the St. Lawrence String Quartet, Anton Kuerti and Henk Guittart. Recent projects include a tango quintet recording project, the premiere performance of Terri Hron’s O Rosa Bella. Rosabel also enjoys composition and improvisation, and in 2008 co-wrote and premiered a musical at the Calgary Fringe Festival. She
is currently a doctoral student in piano performance at Arizona State University, studying with Kwang-Wu Kim.
Mateusz Swoboda, cellist
After graduating with a bachelor of music in cello performance from the University of Toronto, Mateusz Swoboda continued his studies at Shenandoah University and the Amsterdam Conservatory.
He then went on to pursue a freelance career in Canada, which allowed him to tour extensively with various groups including cello12 and the Tabaret Ensemble, as well as starting his own chamber music series, Metamorphosis. In 2005 Mr. Swoboda won a contract as principal cello of the newly created Hyogo Performing Arts Centre Orchestra in the Hyogo prefecture of Japan. After many interesting cultural and musical experiences, he returned to Canada where he frequently performs as guest principal cello of the Windsor Symphony, Ontario Philharmonic and Niagara Symphony, as well as teaching at the Royal Conservatory of Music.
Edwin Huizinga, violinist
Edwin has an undergraduate degree in violin performance from the Oberlin Conservatory in Oberlin, Ohio and a Masters' degree in violin performance from the San Francisco Conservatory in San Francisco, California. Edwin is a founding member of the Classical Revolution and enjoys playing a wide variety of muscical forms. He will join the Carmel Bach Festival again this summer and recently made a recording with the Walfisch band in a small church in Normandie, France.
