FOURNIER TRIO

Tuesday, 21st February 2012 at 7:30pm in the Eastgate Theatre

The Fournier Trio were 2010 Tunnell Trust Award winners and this concert is part of a six-date Scottish tour being undertaken with support from the Tunnell Trust*.

THE FOURNIER TRIO
Chiao-Ying Chang, piano
Sulki Yu, violin
Pei-Jee Ng, 'cello

About the Fournier Trio

Formed in 2009, the Fournier Piano Trio is rapidly emerging as one of the UK's leading young piano trios. Winners of both 2nd Prize and Audience Prize at the 6th Trondheim International Chamber Music Competition in 2011, the Trio continues its second year as Leverhulme Chamber Music Fellows at the Royal Academy of Music and is mentored by renowned pedagogues Christopher Elton, David Takeno, Thomas Brandis and Michael Dussek.

They recently made their critically acclaimed Purcell Room debut as part of the 2011 PLG New Year Series and are winners of a Philharmonia Orchestra MMSF Recital Award and a Tunnell Trust Award. Recent performances include recitals at the Purcell Room, St James Piccadilly, Holywell Room in UK and abroad in Germany, France and Holland. They also appeared at the Trondheim International Chamber Music Academy and Festival in Norway, performing Faure's Piano Quartet No.2 with Lawrence Power.

In 2011/12, the Trio looks forward to two visits to the Wigmore Hall. For their debut in October, under the auspices of the Kirckman Concert Society, they will perform the world premiere of a new work by acclaimed British composer Gary Carpenter and will return later in 2012 for the Park Lane Group Monday Platform Series. Future highlights also include a tour of Scotland as part of their Tunnell Trust Award and their debut recording of British contemporary trios including Timothy Salter's Piano Trio for USK Recordings.

They have played in masterclasses for Ralph Kirshbaum, Martin Lovett, Gabor Takacs-Nagy, Leif Ove Andsnes, Daniel Hope, Susan Tomes, and Menahem Pressler. The Trio was recently appointed as 'Artist-in-Residence' at Wolfson College, University of Oxford.

*About the Tunnell Trust

The Tunnell Trust assists young professional chamber music ensembles and Scottish Music Clubs by running an award scheme whereby the Trust pays the fees of outstanding young groups to play at Music Clubs all over Scotland with an emphasis on helping Clubs in small and remote places as well as in the major centres.
We are very grateful to the Trust for supporting the Fournier Trio and for making possible their visit to Peebles.