Five Boroughs Music Festival: Iris Trio – Project Earth

• Christine Carter, clarinet
• Zoë Martin-Doike, viola
• Anna Petrova, piano

"Project Earth" – performed in two concerts on Thursday, April 11, 2024 at 7pm at the Fotografiska Museum in Manhattan (in partnership with the Human/Nature exhibit) and Sunday, April 14, 2024 at 4pm at Trinity Lutheran Church on Staten Island – is the Iris Trio's multi-year endeavor to illuminate the impact of human behavior on the environment, addressing issues of climate change, pollution, habitat degradation, and biodiversity loss through chamber music and poetry.

About Iris Trio

Praised for their "beauty of sound and striking expression" (Bremen Weser Kurier), the Iris Trio (clarinetist Christine Carter, violist Zoë Martin-Doike, and pianist Anna Petrova) is known for their imaginative programming and powerhouse performances.

About Five Boroughs Music Festival (5BMF)

http://5bmf.org/

About Christine Carter, clarinet

https://christine-carter.com/

About Zoë Martin-Doike, viola

Violinist/violist Zoë Martin-Doike is an exciting and versatile artist who engages in a wide variety of musical activities. Zoë is currently in the viola section of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, and has also frequently joined the Philadelphia Orchestra for tours of Europe and Asia. A passionate chamber musician, Zoë is a member of the critically acclaimed Iris Trio, which has toured extensively in Canada, the U.S. and Germany. Previously, she was a founding member of the Aizuri Quartet which garnered top prizes at the Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition and held residencies at the Curtis Institute of Music and the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia while she was a member. She has also received top prizes at the Primrose International Viola Competition and the Lennox International Young Artist Competition on viola and violin, respectively, and most recently won the 2019 Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra Competition, earning a solo appearance with the group this season. Zoë has attended the Marlboro Music Festival, the Steans Institute at Ravinia as well as the Sarasota, Norfolk, and Taos Chamber Music Festivals. Zoë did her undergraduate studies with renowned violinist, Pamela Frank at the Curtis Institute of Music, where she served as concertmaster for the 2011-12 school year, and her master's degree at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, where she double-majored in violin and viola under the tutelage of Mimi Zweig and Atar Arad respectively. She was the violist of the quartet selected for the coveted Kuttner Quartet Fellowship and had the opportunity to perform both the Walton Viola Concerto and the Brahms Violin Concerto with university orchestras during her time at IU.

About Anna Petrova, piano

https://anna-petrova.com/