Victor Aller

The Victor Trio

          The VICTOR TRIO was named for VICTOR ALLER. His solo recordings with orchestra are but three: the Dohnanyi Variations on a Nursery Tune; the Shostakovich Concerto for Piano with Trumpet and String Ensmble; and Hindemith's The Four Temperaments. Yet they have influenced pianists in their interpretations of these works ever afterward.

          VICTOR ALLER , who died in 1977, offers a perfect example of a musician with an underground reputation. He is greatly respected by solo artists and discriminating listeners who know his work today from his original Capitol LP recordings of the 1950's (with the Hollywood String Quartet) which include the Brahms Piano Quintet; the complete Brahms Piano Quartets; the Schumann Piano Quintet; the Shostakovich Piano Quintet; and the Franck Piano Quintet. These performances with this magnificent pianist are among their finest recordings. It is through many of these re-issued recordings that he can be judged fairly as the neglected master that he was.
— Bruce Alexander

JUDITH ALLER violin	MANON ROBERTSHAW ‘cello

          JUDITH ALLER (see biography)

          MANON ROBERTSHAW has traveled throughout the United States and Europe as a soloist and chamber musician. In Spring of 200S she gave performances of Tchaikowsky's Rococo Variations and a concerto by Vivaldi. She has recently released her CD, "A Musical Offering," which features improvisations for cello with Native American flutes and drums. Ms. Robertshaw is professor of cello at Loyola Marymount University, El Camino, Cerritos, and Long Beach City Colleges. She was, for many years, on the state board for the Music Teachers Association of California, and is now their Community Outreach Chair. Manon Robertshaw currently performs with the Judith Aller Trio, and Bella Dolce Duo. She has a full-time private studio, and also freelances. Her teachers have included Gabor Rejto, Radu Aldulescu, Wolfgang Laufer, Daniel Rothmuller and the Fine Arts Quartet. She has degrees from the University of Southern California and University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee.