Boris Koutzen began studying violin with his father at age seven. When he was seventeen the family moved to Moscow where he enrolled in the Moscow Conservatory. He studied violin with Leo Zetlin and

The composer has provided the following comments about the Trio for Oboe, Horn, and Piano: "Until recently chamber music for this combination of instruments was rare; only a trio by Carl Reinecke

Rudajev's Trio-Divertimento for Trumpet, Bassoon, and Piano is a three movement work of approximately fourteen minutes duration. The literature for this combination is very sparse, dominated by the