Formed in 2005 at the Royal Academy of Music, the Del Mar Piano Trio quickly gained recognition, winning the RAM’s Harry Isaacs and John Ireland Prizes. After a break to facilitate individual further study in the UK and abroad, it re-formed in September 2009 with violinist Francesca Barritt. The Trio has performed in venues and festivals throughout London and the UK, including St James’s, Piccadilly, St Olave’s Church in the City of London, the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge and the Aylesbury Festival. Its repertoire is wide-ranging, spanning classical to contemporary, including works by Sally Beamish, Beethoven, Brahms, Bruch, Debussy, Ireland, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Rachmaninov and Shostakovich.
The Trio members are all prize-winners from the Royal Academy of Music and the Royal College of Music, and between them have studied with members of the Dussek Piano Trio, Pizarro Piano Trio, Chilingirian Quartet, Kuss Quartet, Fitzwilliam Quartet and Endellion Quartet. In addition to their work as the Trio, the members work together regularly in a number of other combinations – Susie and Morwenna have been successful duo partners since 2005, Susie and Francesca recently formed a duo, and Francesca and Morwenna regularly perform together as principals in the Orchestra of St Paul’s and the Syred Sinfonia, including chamber concerts in the Purcell Room and Norfolk and Norwich Chamber Music series.
Highlights for the Trio in 2011 include performances of Beethoven’s Triple Concerto with the Hertfordshire Chamber Orchestra, the Stamford Chamber Orchestra in Lincolnshire, and the Brandon Hill Chamber Orchestra in Bristol.
