Celebrating its 16th season as the ensemble-in-residence at Georgia’s Kennesaw State University, the critically acclaimed SUMMIT PIANO TRIO continues to impress and delight audiences with its highly refined, dynamic performances, and has firmly established itself as one of the Southeast’s preeminent chamber ensembles. Offering an eclectic repertoire ranging from the beloved classics to the latest of the avant-garde, the Trio is regularly heard on WABE, Atlanta’s NPR station, and throughout the country. STP made its Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall debut in December of 2025.

 

ROBERT HENRY, pianist
A founding member of SPT, Robert is an internationally renowned artist, who performs throughout the world as orchestra soloist, recitalist and chamber musician. Since winning First Prize in four international piano competitions, he has presented solo recitals at New York City’s Carnegie Hall, Washington, DC’s John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and London’s Wigmore Hall. His third heralded CD, “As the Songbird Sings: Music of Schubert and Brahms” was released in 2016.

Robert earned the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Maryland, with additional studies at the Cleveland Institute of Music and the Glinka Conservatory in St. Petersburg, Russia. He is an MTNA Nationally Certified Educator and has lectured and performed at universities, conservatories and festivals worldwide. He has been featured in American Music Teacher, Clavier and Gramophone. Currently, Robert serves as Coordinator
of Piano Studies at Kennesaw State University. Robert is an International Steinway Artist.

 

HELEN KIM, violinist
At the age of six, Helen made her concerto debut with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra; subsequently, she has appeared as guest soloist with the Atlanta and Milwaukee symphony orchestras and, in Boston’s Symphony Hall with The Boston Pops. She earned both her Bachelor and Master’s degrees from The Juilliard School, studying with the legendary Dorothy DeLay, Hyu Kang and Cho-Liang Lin. Helen is the recipient of more than 100 national and international awards, among them the prestigious Artists International Competition in New York, which presented her in debut recitals at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall and the Aspen Summer Music Festival. A native of Canada, she has been guest soloist with many leading Canadian ensembles, including the National Arts Centre Orchestra, Montréal’s Orchestra Métropolitain, McGill Chamber Orchestra and the symphony orchestras of Prince George, Regina, Vancouver and Windsor. Helen has also performed with orchestras and at festivals in the United States, México, the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands and Poland. Helen serves as a full professor and String Area Coordinator at Kennesaw State University.

 

CHARAE KRUEGER, cellist
Charae is an avid chamber musician and a member of the Serafin Ensemble and the KSU Faculty String Trio. Her solo and chamber music concerts have been featured in New York City’s Carnegie Hall and Merkin Concert Hall and Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, at North Carolina’s Highlands-Cashiers Summer Music Festival, Wyoming’s Grand Teton Music Festival and Delaware’s Serafin Summer Music Festival, and on NPR’s Performance Today, WABE-Atnata and WGBH-Boston.

Charae received her early training at Canada’s Regina Conservatory of Music. Her Bachelor of Music Performance degree was conferred by the New England Conservatory in Boston, where she studied with Laurence Lesser and Colin Carr. She also received an Artist Diploma from the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, Massachusetts, continued her training during the summers at The Banff Center in Canada, where she worked with Janos Starker and Aldo Parisot, and with the Juilliard String Quartet at The Juilliard School. Currently, Charae is Principal Cellist of both the Atlanta Opera and Atlanta Ballet orchestras, while serving as Senior Lecturer of Cello and Artist-in-Residence in Cello at Kennesaw State University, having been a faculty member since 2005.

ARENSKY	Piano Trio #1 in d, Op. 32
BEETHOVEN	Concerto in C, Op. 56 ("Triple") Piano Trio #3 inc, Op. 1, #3 Piano Trio #6 in B-flat, Op. 97 (“Archduke”) Piano Trio #7 in B-flat, Op. 11
BOULANGER, Lili	Deux pièces
BRAHMS	Piano Trio #1 in b, Op. 8 Piano Trio #2 in C, Op. 87
DVORÁK	Piano Trio #4 in e, Op. 90 (“Dumky”)
HAYDN	Piano Trio #31 in G, Hob. XV:15 Piano Trio #39 in G, Hob. XV:25 (“Gypsy”) Piano Trio #45 in E-flat, Hob. XV:29
KIRCHNER, Theodor	Serenade in E for Piano Trio
KORNGOLD	Piano Trio in D, Op. 1
MENDELSSOHN	Piano Trio #1 in D, Op. 49 Piano Trio #2 in c, Op. 66
MOZART	Piano Trio in B-flat, K. 502 Piano Trio #5 in C, K. 548
PAULUS, Stephen	Life Motifs
PIAZZOLLA	Las cuatro estaciones porteñas (piano trio)
RACHMANINOFF	Trio élégiaque #1 in g
RAVEL	Piano Trio in a
SCHUBERT	Piano Trio #1 in B-flat, D. 898 Piano Trio #2 in E-flat, D. 929
SHOSTAKOVICH	Piano Trio #2 in e, Op. 67
SMETANA	Piano Trio in g, Op. 15
TCHAIKOVSKY	Piano Trio in a, Op. 50
TURINA	Circulo, Op. 91

10/13/2025 (4pm)	THE CYPRESS OF RALEIGH (NC) Turina: Circulo Piazzolla: Invierno Porteño Piazzolla: Primavera Porteña Mendelssohn: Piano Trio #2
10/14/2025 (3pm)	THE FOREST AT DUKE (Durham, NC) Auditorium Turina: Circulo Piazzolla: Invierno Porteño Piazzolla: Primavera Porteña Mendelssohn: Piano Trio #2
10/14/2025 (7:30pm)	CAROLINA MEADOWS (Chapel Hill, NC) Turina: Circulo Piazzolla: Invierno Porteño Piazzolla: Primavera Porteña Mendelssohn: Piano Trio #2
10/15/2025 (3pm)	GALLOWAY RIDGE AT FEARRINGTON (Pittsboro, NC) Chapin Auditorium Turina: Circulo Piazzolla: Invierno Porteño Piazzolla: Primavera Porteña Mendelssohn: Piano Trio #2
12/13/2025 (1pm)	CARNEGIE HALL (NYC) Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall Turina: Circulo Arensky: Piano Trio #1 Mendelssohn: Piano Trio #2