The Kungsbacka Piano Trio (Sweden)

Formed in 1997, the Trio is rapidly gaining an enviable reputation as one of the most outstanding ensembles of its generation.  In 1999, the Trio won First Prize in the Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition and in the same year was selected for representation by the Young Concert Artists Trust in London. It has since appeared at numerous festivals and venues throughout Europe, North and South America and Australia.

Invited to take part in the BBC Radio 3's New Generation Artists scheme in 2000, the Trio can be frequently heard on Radio 3.  Broadcasts have included concerts live from Wigmore Hall, Bridgewater Hall, LSO St Luke's and the City of London, Cheltenham and Edinburgh International Festivals.

Selected as "Rising Stars" in 2002 by the European Concert Halls Organisation, the Trio gave a series of recitals at major venues throughout Europe and a debut recital at New York's Carnegie Hall .

Over the last year, the Trio's concert schedule has included performances at Wigmore Hall, Cadogan Hall and the Bath Festival, recitals in Germany, and in Holland with flautist Emily Beynon, a concert tour in Australia and New Zealand, concerto performances with Dala Sinfoniettan and Karlskoga Orkesterförening in Sweden and a residency at the Lofoten International Chamber Music Festival.

The 2007/8 season includes performances at Wigmore Hall and Cadogan Hall in London and Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, a tour of Ireland and visits to the Festspiele Mecklenburgh-Vorpommern and the Presteigne Festival of Music and the Arts.
 

The Trio's first recording of Schubert on the NAXOS label was released in August 2006 to critical acclaim (click here for further details).  The Trio has since been invited by Naxos to record Mozart's complete works for piano trio, due for release during 2007.  The world première recording of Karen Rehnqvist's Beginning for Piano Trio, commissioned for the Trio is available on the BIS label.

In the Autumn of 1999, the Trio was awarded a Fellowship at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London  and has recently been appointed as Associate Ensemble. The members of the Trio also have teaching posts at Gothenburg University's School of Music and give lectures, masterclasses and concerts throughout the year.

The Trio takes its name from the Swedish town in which it gave its first performance and it has established in Kungsbacka an annual chamber music festival which is now in its seventh year.  It has made several television appearances in Sweden and frequently tours throughout the country.