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Celebrating its 20th anniversary, the Barbican Piano Trio is regarded as one of the UK’s leading ensembles with a reputation for stimulating performances, breadth of repertoire and exceptional audience rapport.
Shortly after it was formed in 1986, the trio won the South East Arts Young Musicians' Platform, which resulted in concerts throughout the region and a recording contract with ASV. Two years later it won the Royal Overseas League Ensemble Prize and was selected for the Park Lane Group's Young Artists and 20th Century Music Series. Within three years the trio was broadcasting on BBC Radio 3 and the World Service as well as on TV and radio in Chicago, Boston, New York, Washington DC and Bulgaria.
The Barbican Piano Trio has performed across four continents, visiting the USA five times and making its debut at the Carnegie Recital Hall in 1994. The British Council has supported tours in Russia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyztan, the Far East and South America as well as Bulgaria, Italy and Spain. The ensemble has also given concerts in Belgium, Denmark, France, Holland and Sweden. It was invited to perform in the Phillips Collection's 25th Anniversary "Celebrity Artist" Series in Washington DC and the Prado's 175th Anniversary celebrations in Madrid. The trio performs regularly at London’s Wigmore Hall and their cycle of the complete Beethoven piano trios featured in the Master Concert Series. Their concert diary also includes regular visits to Scotland and performances at many of the UK’s major music festivals including Blackheath, City of London, Garsington, Guildford, Harrogate, Newbury, Rye, Sheffield, Spitalfields, St. Jude's Proms, Three Spires and Warwick. The ensemble’s annual themed series in Bristol, Cheltenham, Shrewsbury and Stamford have proved especially successful.
Although the trio’s repertoire comprises over seventy major works, they also enjoy exploring less familiar pieces by composers such as Saint-Saëns, Chaminade, Chausson, Suk and Martinu. The ensemble’s survey of British composers includes works by William Sterndale Bennett, Hugh Wood, James MacMillan and Peter Lawson. The trio also collaborates with exuberant colleagues James Boyd (viola) and Mary Scully (double bass) to perform piano quartets and quintets. The trio records for ASV, Guild, Black Box and Dutton and its discography includes works by Mendelssohn, Lalo, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Schnittke, John Ireland and Alan Bush. Their most recent recording of music by Sergei Taneyev was released to widespread critical acclaim in 2005. As part of their commitment to education work, they hold regular masterclasses and present informative concerts for children and students of all ages. The trio is a resident ensemble at Royal Holloway, University of London and often joins forces with the Cavatina Chamber Music Trust and the Wigmore Hall's Education Department. The Barbican Piano Trio will celebrate the beginning of its third decade by revisiting many of the places at which it has performed over the past twenty years. |
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