Trial By Fire: Life in the Legendary Beaux Arts Trio • Pressler, Hope, Meneses

Violinist Daniel Hope returns to Living the Creative Life to talk about the incredible intensity of life in the Beaux Arts Trio, with his colleagues Menahem Pressler and Antonio Meneses. He describes how he at age 27 was thrown into worldwide touring with the Trio at the eleventh hour, and what he learned about life from his growth within a legendary ensemble. Featuring rare video of the ensemble in concert, from “Beaux Arts at 50" footage courtesy WTIU, copyright 2005 The Trustees of Indiana University. Filmed September 2025 in Switzerland Video: Katalog-film.de Chapters 0:00 Opening and Beethoven Excerpt with Beaux Arts Trio 1:16 Start of Conversation: Joy and Expression 3:32 Beethoven Excerpt 4:14 The "Audition": What I Learned 14:37: Excerpt: Beethoven Archduke 15:22 Remembering Pressler and Meneses 17:11 Finding Focus: The Social Component 21:21 Life and Looking Forward 23:31 Closing Credits