Albany Piano Trio

Albany Piano Trio

Albany Piano Trio (formerly the Leonora Piano Trio) Founded in 2010, the Albany Piano Trio is already beginning to establish itself as an exciting new ensemble on the UK music scene. The Trio has performed in the Brighton Fringe Festival at the Chapel Royal, and at London venues including St. James’s Piccadilly, the National Gallery, [...]

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Amaryllis Trio

Amaryllis Piano Trio

The Amaryllis Piano Trio formed in November 2009 during their first year at the Royal College of Music. They enjoy playing a wide range of repertoire covering periods from Haydn to Shostakovich and styles including Piazzolla’s Tango Nuevo. Outside of the concert hall the trio engages in outreach work; from school workshops to performing and [...]

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Baldaccio Quartet

Baldaccio Quartet

The Baldaccio String Quartet was formed by four members of the 2008 Southbank Sinfonia, and takes its name from the main square in the Italian town of Anghiari where the players first performed together during the orchestra’s summer residency. Since then, the quartet has performed at venues in London including the National Gallery and St [...]

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Brodowski Quartet

Brodowski Quartet

First Prize Winners of the 2008 Royal Overseas League Competition, the Brodowski Quartet are ‘the new kids on the London scene’, The Times.  The quartet members, originating from Germany, Wales, Scotland and England are currently based in London. They are newly appointed ‘String Quartet in Residence’ at Bristol University and are ‘Associate Artists’ at the [...]

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Cantabile String Quartet

Cantabile String Quartet

  The Cantabile String Quartet formed in September 2010.  At the RSAMD they receive regular coaching from Peter Lissauer, Robert Irvine, Tamas Fejes and Greg Lawson and have also had masterclasses with Ursula Smith and the Brodsky Quartet.  In March, the quartet travelled to Manchester to partake in the London String Quartet Foundation National String [...]

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Castalian String Quartet

Castalian String Quartet Winner of the 2011 Royal Overseas League Elias Fawcett Award for an outstanding chamber music ensemble, the Castalian String Quartet was formed in London in 2010 by multi-award winning graduates of the Royal Northern College of Music, Royal Academy of Music and Eastman School of Music, USA. They are rapidly gaining a [...]

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Harpham Quartet

Cavaleri Quartet

Formerly known as the Harpham Quartet, the Cavaleri Quartet were selected as Park Lane Group Young Artists for 2008 and continue to perform in major venues and festivals throughout the UK and abroad. Most recent performance highlights include appearances at the Royal Festival Hall, the Purcell Room, Rachmaninov Hall, Moscow and the Cadogan Hall, as [...]

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Del Mar Trio

Del Mar Piano Trio

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 [...]

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Duo Figaro

Lucia D’Avanzo violin · Peter Mallinson viola Duo Figaro are a violin-viola duo based in London. Founded in September 2010, Lucia and Peter met on a tour of Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro and Puccini’s La Bohème with the Co-Opera Company. Lucia graduated from the Royal Northern College of Music with a First Class degree in [...]

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Erato Piano Trio

Erato Piano Trio

Described by the press as ‘consistently impressive’ and ‘a group of musicians to be reckoned with’, the Erato Piano Trio is rapidly establishing itself as one of the UK’s finest young ensembles, praised for their virtuosity, outstanding musicianship and stylistic versatility alike. Formed at London’s Royal College of Music in 2005, the group quickly gained [...]

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Finzi Quartet

Finzi Quartet

The Finzi Quartet was formed under the guidance of Dr Christopher Rowland at the Royal Northern College of Music and received First Prize in the 2010 Royal Over Seas League Competition. Having been selected by the Tillett Trust and the Park Lane Group, 2009/2010 saw the Quartet’s debut at both the Wigmore Hall and the [...]

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Fournier Piano Trio

Formed in 2009, the Fournier Piano Trio has been awarded a Leverhulme Chamber Music Fellowship by the Royal Academy of Music for 2010/11. The trio is mentored by renowned pedagogues David Takeno and Christopher Elton and will work extensively with Thomas Brandis at the Royal Academy. They are Park Lane Group Young Artists, appearing in [...]

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Gagliano Ensemble

Gagliano Ensemble

The Gagliano Ensemble is a multinational group founded by four young, London-based soloists and chamber musicians: Violinist Galya Bisengalieva, Violist Robert Ames, ‘Cellist Colin Alexander and Pianist Petr Limonov. The group has played extensively throughout the UK and abroad as Duo, String Trio, Piano Trio and Piano Quartet performing works by Bach, Bartok, Beethoven, Brahms, [...]

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GalitzinQuartet

Galitzin Quartet

First Prize Winners of the 22nd Charles Hennen International Chamber Music Competition in Holland, 2007, the Galitzin Quartet was formed in 2003 at the Royal Academy of Music in London. After playing together for only two months they won the ‘Sir Edward Cooper Prize’ at the Academy for their performance of Brahms’ String Quartet in [...]

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Gildas Quartet

The Gildas Quartet was formed in 2010 by Masters students at the Royal Northern College of Music. They are recent winners of a 2013 Tunnell Trust Concert Award and have accumulated numerous other prizes between them including the RNCM’s Weil and Hirsch prizes, most recently being awarded the prestigious Barbirolli Prize for String Quartet. The [...]

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Goldberg Trio

The recently established Goldberg Trio is formed of the violinist Rafael Bolívar, the violist Raquel Bolívar and the cellist Alejandra Díaz. All of them are young Spanish performers living and studying in London.The name of the trio wants to be a tribute to the famous Goldberg Variations composed by J.S. Bach that later on have [...]

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Golden Piano Trio

“polished, intelligent and colourful playing” Michael Dussek The Golden Piano Trio is an exciting up-and-coming chamber group which was formed at the Dartington International Summer School during summer of 2009. It’s members, all prize winners and scholars from Trinity College of Music, are Valtie Nunn (violin), Paloma Garcia Oliver (cello) and Manuel Lopez Jorge (piano). [...]

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Greenwich Trio

Greenwich Trio

The Greenwich Trio, described by Bernard Greenhouse as the “New Beaux Arts Trio”, is formed of pianist Yoko Misumi, Beethoven Society of Europe Top Prize-winner; Lana Trotovsek,  a talent unveiled by Ruggiero Ricci’s at Salzburg’s Mozarteum; and cellist Stjepan Hauser, one of the last students of Rostropovich and winner of 21 first prizes all over the world. These [...]

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Hepplewhite Piano Trio

Hepplewhite Piano Trio

The Hepplewhite Piano Trio was formed in 2009 by students at the Birmingham Conservatoire. The group has built success very quickly, being invited within months of forming to play at the Purcell Room, London alongside the Schubert Ensemble and the Lawson Piano Trio. In February 2010 they won the Sylvia Cleaver Chamber Music Competition, and [...]

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Ismena Ensemble

The Ismena ensemble which has at its crux a trio of soprano, cello and piano, was formed in 2008 and created a Collective in 2010, to expand the repertoire for voice with instrumental accompaniment and to develop performances with artists in different spheres. The trio has performed in a variety of styles (contemporary classical, musical theatre [...]

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Jubilee Quartet

Jubilee Quartet

1st Prize winners of the Val Tidone International Chamber Music Competition, the Jubilee quartet was formed in 2006 at the Royal Academy of Music, London. In 2007, they were prize winners in the Royal Academy of Music Quartet Competition and in 2008 were awarded the John Barbirolli Prize. During their time together, they have given three concert tours of [...]

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Kallisto Quartet

Kallisto Quartet

The Kallisto quartet was formed in 2008 at the Royal College of Music, London. The group draws on the extensive previous solo and chamber music experience of its members and is already proving to be a highly successful ensemble, winning the 2009 Cavatina Intercollegiate String Quartet Competition and RCM String Quartet Competition in 2009 and [...]

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Koinonia Quartet

The Koinonia String Quartet originally formed in the summer of 2008, before reforming with two new members in November 2010. Since their formation the quartet has had the privilege of receiving coaching from the Endellion String Quartet, the Wihan String Quartet, the Maggini Quartet, the Primrose Piano Quartet, Hugh Maguire, Suzie Meszaros, Clara Biss, Diana [...]

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Lakeside Trio

Lakeside Trio

Formed in October 2007, the Lakeside Trio has given numerous concerts throughout the UK – in London, Hampshire, Surrey, the Lake District and Scotland, but has also performed in Austria and Switzerland. In May 2008 it was selected to participate in the Tunnell Trust’s ‘Showcase for Young Musicians’ course where 5 selected chamber groups attended [...]

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Lawson Trio

Lawson Trio

“An extremely musical ensemble…truly excellent players…showing a real commitment to chamber music at the highest level.” (Martin Lovett, Amadeus Quartet.) Formed in Cambridge in 2000, the Lawson Trio pursues a busy concert schedule, bringing a wide range of traditional and contemporary Piano Trio music to audiences of all ages.   Recent British venues have included [...]

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Ligeti Quartet

Ligeti Quartet

Mandhira de Saram, Patrick Dawkins, Richard Jones, Valerie Welbanks The Ligeti Quartet was formed in 2010 and is dedicated to promoting 20th and 21st century music of both established and emerging composers. The quartet is comprised of graduates from the Royal Academy of Music, Royal College of Music and Oxford University. They have recently worked [...]

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Marsyas Trio

Marsyas Trio

Since January 2009, the Marsyas Trio has regularly performed charity concerts throughout London.  The trio was heard last May at the National Palace of Culture in Sofia, as part of the Sofia Music Weeks festival and has appeared on Bulgarian National Television, Classic FM radio and was recorded by the Bulgarian National Radio.  The trio [...]

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Maxwell Quartet

Maxwell Quartet

The members of the Maxwell String Quartet all hail originally from Scotland, where they are now based. Having studied at various institutions including the Royal Northern College of Music, Guildhall School of Music, Sibelius Academy and Oxford University, the quartet was formed in 2010 at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (now Royal [...]

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Mediterranea Trio

Mediterranea Trio

The Mediterranea Trio was established at the Royal College of Music in 2007 by pianist Elenlucia Pappalardo, violinist Markella Vandoros and cellist Alessandro Sanguineti. The Trio has been coached by Andrew Ball, the Chilingirian Quartet, Gordon Fergus-Thompson, Yuri Zhislin, David Dolan, Geoffrey Govier and Kathron Sturrock and has participated in masterclasses with Eckart Heiligers, Alexander [...]

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Meridian Piano Quartet

Originally founded as the Meridian Trio in 2009, the Meridian Piano Quartet is a 2011 merger of the trio with close friend and colleague Leo Nicholson (piano). The Meridian Piano Quartet was established for the performance of twentieth and twenty-first century repertoire, with a focus to promote emerging and established British composers. Violinist Akiko Ishikawa [...]

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Mir Piano Quartet

Mir Piano Quartet

The Mir Piano Quartet met in 2008. They have performed in The Netherlands, Switzerland and the UK and future recitals include performances in London, Romania and Spain. Vlad Stanculeasa, violin Born in Romania, Vlad completed his studies in Switzerland at the Lausanne Conservatory and the Menuhin Academy under Pierre Amoyal, Liviu Prunaru and Alberto Lysy. [...]

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Muse Piano Quintet

Muse Piano Quintet

The Muse Piano Quintet was formed in September 2008. Since its first public performance the ensemble proved itself as a highly professional group. They have performed in many concert halls including recitals at the Royal Albert Hall’s Elgar room, St James Piccadilly, National Gallery, Britten Theatre, Royal Academy of Arts, Amarylis Fleming Concert Hall and [...]

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Palomino Quartet

The Palomino Quartet was formed in 2011 and is made up of former members of the Southbank Sinfonia. With the members coming from Ireland, Britain and New Zealand they have a rich wealth of chamber music experience between them. They enjoy performing a variety of music but with a focus on show casing the exceptional [...]

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Piatti Quartet

Winners of the St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Music Competition, the Martin Musical Scholarship Fund and the Tunnell Trust Award 2010/2011, the Piatti String Quartet are fast emerging as one of the UK’s leading young string quartets. Recently selected as Junior Fellows at the Royal Academy of music and chosen for the Park Lane Group young artist [...]

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Pirani Trio

Pirani Trio

The Pirani Trio was founded in 2006 by three postgraduate students at the Royal Academy of Music in London. The group aims not only to consolidate the standard Horn Trio repertoire but also to encourage new compositions and to explore less well-known Trios which have been rarely performed. All three members held scholarships at the [...]

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Quartz Piano Trio

The Quartz Piano Trio, formerly the Cook Strait Trio comprises two New Zealanders, Blythe Press (violin) and Amber Rainey (piano) and new Spanish cellist Alejandra Díaz. Amber and Blythe have been performing concerts and competing together for a number of years and have recently concluded a national tour of New Zealand as part of a [...]

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Rautio Trio

Jane Gordon violin, Adi Tal cello, Jan Rautio piano. Critically acclaimed for their versatility, intelligent artistry and innovative programming, the Rautio Piano Trio draws together three outstanding musicians from Britain, Israel and Russia. Their repertoire ranges from historically-informed performances of music of the Classical period to cutting-edge contemporary works. They have performed across the UK [...]

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Ristov Quartet

Ristov Quartet

The Ristov piano Quartet was set up in September 2009 by four graduates of the Royal College of Music, London. An international ensemble – its players come from France, Macedonia and the Netherlands, the quartet has already been attracting recognition across Europe. Since their first concert at the National Gallery, London, this innovative ensemble has [...]

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Rivoli Quartet

Rivoli Quartet

The Rivoli Quartet was formed in 1999 at Manchester University under the guidance of The Lindsays, and takes its name from the music department building, the converted Rivoli cinema. After studying with Dr Christopher Rowland at the Royal Northern College of Music, (where they were awarded prizes in two RNCM chamber music competitions), they completed [...]

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Sedici Quartet

  The Sedici Quartet comprises of Venetia Jollands, Magnus Steinum, Jordan Sian and Lucy Andrews, all of whom are studying at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. As well as performing regularly, they have had the opportunity to participate in lessons and masterclasses with members of the Alban Berg, Takacs, Endellion and Belcea quartets [...]

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Soltice Quartet

Solstice String Quartet

First prize winners in the 2009 Royal Over-seas League Competition, the Solstice String Quartet is quickly gaining a reputation as one of the finest young quartets in the UK. Selected by both the Tillett Trust and Park Lane Group in 2008 the quartet made their debuts at the Wigmore Hall and Purcell Room in 2009. [...]

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Steinberg Duo

Steinberg Duo

The Steinberg Duo have recently performed in Canada, Spain, Germany and the throughout the UK. Formed in 2007, the duo are passionate about presenting the wonderful violin & piano repertoire as an equal partnership, and having married in 2008, they are perhaps unusually well-placed to do so! Recent performances include the Rolston Hall at the [...]

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Trio Aquilon

Trio Aquilon emerged from the Aquilon Ensemble, founded by Eulalie Charland and Maiko Mori in 2002. As a group with flexible instrumentation they performed throughout the UK, including the South Bank Centre for the Park Lane Group and took part in such projects as a recording of William Walton’s Sonata for Radio France broadcast, Le [...]

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Trio Twenty21

Trio Twenty21

Trio Twenty21 is Mark Pedus, violin; Kalina Dimitrova, cello; and, Craig W. Combs, piano. The group formed in July 2009 meeting for regular rehearsals culminating in a premier performance on March 20, 2010 at The Forge Venue in Camden, London, UK. Subsequent to that performance, the trio attended the International Summer Course at Chateaux Monthureux-le-Sec [...]

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Wu Quartet

Wu Quartet

The Wu Quartet was founded at Chetham’s School of Music in 2002. Whilst at Chetham’s the quartet gave many performances at venues such as Lincoln’s Inn, London and the Drill Hall, Lincoln, and were winners of the Dewhurst Torevell Chamber Music Competition and Mozart Chamber Music Award. In 2004 they were invited to perform for [...]

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