May 1, 2020
When you create and work together and are also a couple, what
makes this kind of love special and challenging?
Today we have another couple, who are both accomplished, world
class musicians, Elena Urioste and Tom Poster. Elena Urioste is a
musician, yogi, writer, and entrepreneur. As a violinist, she has
given acclaimed performances as soloist with many major orchestras
including the London Philharmonic and BBC Symphony She’s performed
as a featured soloist in Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium, given
recitals at the Kennedy Center. Elena is a former BBC New
Generation Artist.
The release of Elena’s second album on BIS Records, Estrellita,
with Elena on violin and pianist Tom Poster; her creative partner
and husband. An avid chamber musician, Elena is also the founder
and Artistic Director of Chamber Music by the Sea, an annual
festival on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, which has a strong commitment
to education, involving young local musicians in both outreach
activities and in the concerts themselves. Tom Poster is a
musician whose skills and passions extend well beyond the
conventional role of the concert pianist. Since his London concerto
debut at the age of 13, Tom has appeared in a wide-ranging concerto
repertoire and has appeared as soloist with the BBC Philharmonic,
BBC Scottish Symphony and many more.Tom features regularly on BBC
radio and television, and as soloist on film soundtracks, including
the Oscar-nominated score for The Theory of Everything.