Founded in 2001 (originally as Sequenza), the trio has presented concerts throughout the US, Europe and the Middle East, including recent appearances at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, at Wigmore Hall in London, at Princeton, UCLA, Indiana and Oxford Universities, the Prague Festival, Jeju Island Music Festival in Korea and the Festival of the Sound in Canada. A recording of Paul Chihara's Ain't No Sunshine, which the trio commissioned, was released on Bridge Records in 2008. In addition, a selection from the trio’s appearance on the nationally broadcast St. Paul Sunday was chosen for the show’s “Best of the Year” CD.

The ensemble embraces the repertoire of the future while paying tribute to three centuries of masterworks, with great performances exploring the repertoire from the first piano trios to exciting newly commissioned works. Their innovative programming offers not only piano trios, but options on mixed repertoire for other instrumental combinations -- both from within the group and with the addition of guest artists on special programs.

The Weiss-Kaplan-Newman Trio has been uniformly praised for imaginative programming and exciting performances. The ensemble also offers residencies, providing information and inspiration through concert performances, master classers and private pedagogy.

Yael Weiss, pianist -- Acclaimed as a pianist of “consummate artistry” (Washington Post) Yael Weiss has performed across the United States, Europe, Japan, Korea and South America at such venues as the Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall and Wigmore Hall... more  

Mark Kaplan, violinist -- Internationally acknowledged as one of the leading violinists of his generation, Mark Kaplan has played with nearly every major American and European orchestra... more

Clancy Newman, cellist -- First prize winner of the 2001 Walter W. Naumburg International Competition and recipient of an Avery Fisher Career Grant in 2004, cellist Clancy Newman has a dual career as both performer and composer... more

"...the June 8 concert proved the trio in fine form. Haydn's E-major Trio revealed Weiss's clean, crisp, articulate keyboard work, in a first movement full of gumption and a finale that had plenty of declarative spirit and controlled momentum. It seemed a logical step from there into Brahms's C-minor Trio, Op. 101, where the Energico first movement lived up to the name and had its fair share of bite and grit without sacrificing the warmth of its melting string melody. The fast movement was elegant and deft, the Andante grazioso flexible and tender, the finale assertive while paying due attention to the softer aspects of the movement." American Record Guide