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Kaleidoscopic textures and sprightly wit, wonderfully
conveyed by Trio Gaspard… delightful listening’
The Times
Trio Gaspard has championed the entire breadth of piano trio repertoire to become one of the most
sought-after trios of its generation, praised for its unique and fresh approach to the score. As well as
exploring well-known classics, the players work with contemporary composers and research seldom-
played masterpieces, sharing their discoveries with audiences at prestigious venues around the
world. Their curiosity for uncovering repertoire has led to recent performances of Ethyl Smyth’s
Piano Trio in D minor at the BBC Proms, broadcast live by the BBC, and Bernd Alois Zimmermann’s
rarely performed Présence: Ballet Blanc, alongside dancer Luka Fritsch.
Committed to new music, the trio has launched an extensive project to commission composers such
as Olli Mustonen, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Helena Winkelman, Sally Beamish, Kit Armstrong,
Johannes Fischer and Leonid Gorokhov to write companion pieces to Haydn’s piano trios. Their
debut project with Chandos pairs these new works with Haydn’s originals. The fourth volume,
released in 2025, received high praise – The Strad commended the trio for its ‘mastery of the music
and the musicians.’ Alongside their Haydn recordings, the players have launched a CD series of
‘Stories’, focusing on different European cultural capitals and the composers associated with them.
‘Berlin Stories’ was released in 2023, with music by Mendelssohn, Juon and Skalkottas, which
earned five stars from BBC Music Magazine and The Strad. Current instalments are focusing on
Prague and Budapest.
Trio Gaspard is regularly invited to major international concert halls including Berlin Philharmonie,
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Boulez Saal, Essen Philharmonie and Salle Molière in Lyon. Highlights
also include a debut tour of Australia (2024), tours across Sweden and Germany, a residency at
London’s Wigmore Hall, and performances at Kuhmo Festival (Finland), Beethovenfest Bonn and
Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw.
Founded in 2010, the trio’s members hail from Germany, Greece and the UK. They studied at the
European Chamber Music Academy, under Johannes Meissl (Artis Quartet), Ferenc Rados, Avedis
Kouyoumdjian, Jérôme Pernoo and Peter Cropper (Lindsay Quartet), as well as with Hatto Beyerle.
They were Chamber Music Fellows at the Royal Northern College of Music (2017–19) and won first
and special prizes at the Joseph Joachim Chamber Music Competition, International Haydn Chamber
Music Competition and International Chamber Music Competition in Illzach, France.
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Posaune, Schlagzeug & Piano
Seit nun fast 20 Jahren begeistert das Trio Belli-Fischer-Rimmer mit Frederic Belli an der Posaune, Nicholas Rimmer am Klavier und Johannes Fischer am Schlagzeug sein Publikum mit originellen Programmen und einer ungebremsten Freude am gemeinsamen Spiel. In dieser ungewöhnlichen Besetzung erschließen sie klassische Werke neu und kleiden sie in ein frisches Klanggewand.
Dabei spannt ihr Repertoire einen weiten Bogen von Bach bis Xenakis, von Brahms bis Weill oder von Bernstein bis Waits. Die Programme des Trios nehmen die Zuhörer auf eine Achterbahnfahrt durch die Musikgeschichte, Genre-Schubladen greifen hier nicht, Altes beeinflusst Neues und umgekehrt. Es entstehen verblüffende Verwandtschaften und Wechselwirkungen über die Jahrhunderte hinweg.
Dabei überraschen die drei Musiker ihr Publikum immer wieder aufs Neue. Viele Arrangements lassen improvisatorische Freiräume, jedes Konzert bleibt einzigartig. Meist entstehen die Bearbeitungen durch gemeinsames Experimentieren und verändern sich über die Jahre immer weiter.
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