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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]