Kungsbacka Trio

Formed in 1997, the Kungsbacka Piano Trio is rapidly gaining an enviable reputation as one of the most outstanding ensembles of their generation and has a flourishing international career. Since winning First Prize in the Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition, the Trio has appeared at major festivals and venues throughout Europe, America and Australia. In 2003 they took part in the ECHO Rising Stars scheme, making débuts in New York, Amsterdam, Vienna, Salzburg, Brussels, Athens, Stockholm, Baden-Baden and Cologne. Invited to become BBC Radio 3's New Generation Artists in 2000, the Trio has broadcast extensively, including live concerts from Wigmore Hall, Bridgewater Hall, LSO St Luke's, City of London, Cheltenham and Edinburgh International Festivals, and a recording of Beethoven's Triple Concerto with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. YCAT artists from 1999 to 2005, they have made recordings of music by Rehnqvist for BIS, in addition to the Schubert Trio recording for Naxos (8.555700). The Trio has returned to give recitals at the Wigmore Hall, Purcell Room, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Flanders Festival and Mecklenburg Festival in Germany, as well as at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Cheltenham International Festival, Muziekcentrum Vredenburg in Utrecht, Oslo Chamber Music Festival, Schwetzinger Festspiele and Berliner Philharmonie in Germany. Further afield, the ensemble has toured throughout Argentina and given concerts in Canada and the United States. The Trio frequently returns to Sweden to give concerts and, since 2001 the members have taught at the Gothenburg Conservatory. Their name comes from the town in which the Trio gave its first performance, Kungsbacka in Sweden, where they have established an annual festival. The Kungsbacka Trio is an associate ensemble at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.