Jean Johnson, clarinet
Mikhail Zemtsov, viola
Ilona Timchenko, piano
Although the foundation for this trio is undoubtedly Mozart’s Kegelstatt Trio, the trio’s members are also strong advocates of contemporary music. Metamorphoses was formed in 2016 and released their first CD in 2018, receiving international critical acclaim.
The individual members of the group have performed as chamber musicians worldwide: Jean Johnson is a member of the Scottish ensemble Daniel’s Beard in Glasgow and performs in a duo with her husband, pianist Steven Osborne.
She has performed at venues including the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Carnegie Hall, Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, Esplanade in Singapore, the Mostly Mozart Festival in New York City, “Spannungen” in Heimbach (Germany), the Bath Music Festival, Hindsgavl Festival in Denmark, Schwetzingen (Germany), Prussia Cove, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, St. Magnus Festival, and the Sound Festival.
Mikhail Zemtsov, who is also a conductor, has participated in numerous international festivals in Europe, the Far East, and North and South America, as a chamber music partner of Bella Davidovitch, Boris Berezovsky, Dmitri Sitkovetski, Sarah Chang, Janine Jansen, Julian Rachlin, Misha Maisky, and the Leipzig, Jerusalem, and Borodin string quartets. He has made numerous recordings for Sony Masterworks, Tower Records, Deutsche Welle, Ottavo, D&G, as well as recordings for TV and radio. Mikhail is a prizewinner of the First International Viola Competition (Vienna, 1998) and the Elisa Meyer String Competition (Hamburg, 1998). He is the artistic director of the Zemtsov Masterfest in Hoeven, Netherlands
Ilona Timchenko won first prize in the Third Abstract Securities Landor Competition in 2007 and more than 20 prizes in international competitions, including 7 first prizes. She won second prize at the Liszt Competition. She has given recitals at Wigmore Hall, Philips Hall in the Netherlands, the Musikverein in Vienna, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, and the Monumental Theater in Madrid. Ilona is the artistic director of the Peregrinos Musica Festival in Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
