Richard Danielpour is one of today's most prominent classical music composers, writing in a style that has been called Neo-Romantic, another way of saying “;audience-friendly.”;

He has won a Grammy, along with virtually every other award a composer can win, and has an exclusive contract with Sony Classical, an honor previously granted only to Igor Stravinsky and Aaron Copland.

Danielpour's diverse collaborations include working with Toni Morrison on an opera and writing a collaborative piece with celebrated chef Daniel Boulud. Up until now, however, his music has been heard little in Hawaii. Tomorrow that will change, when the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio performs his work “;A Child's Reliquary”; as part of the Honolulu Chamber Music Series of concerts taking place at the Honolulu Academy of Arts Doris Duke Theatre.

The KLR has long been considered among the two or three most eminent trio ensembles in the world. KLR concerts present great music performed at the highest level. The trio's performance will include two traditional favorites: Beethoven's delightful “;Popular Song”; Trio and Schubert's profound Trio in E-flat. In between will be the Danielpour.

“;A Child's Reliquary”; was written expressly for the KLR Trio but was occasioned by the death of a child: Cole Carson St. Clair, the son of conductor Carl St. Clair. Danielpour has said, “;I know of nothing more tragic or heartbreaking than the death of a child.”;

The piece brings together two features typical of Danielpour's music. First, it is based on a personal connection: Danielpour is a friend of St. Clair, and he's also a friend of Laredo and Robinson, two-thirds of the trio. In fact, he recently wrote a piece celebrating Laredo and Robinson's 25th wedding anniversary.

Second, his music expresses a strong and specific emotion. It's his belief that “;music must have an immediate visceral impact and elicit a visceral response.”;

The concert provides a chance to experience that visceral impact and to become acquainted for the first time with a new great composer.