Ionel Manciu violin
Leo Popplewell cello
Dominic Degavino piano
Shostakovich Piano Trio No.1 in C minor, Op.8
Joy Lisney Petrichor (2022)
Schubert Piano Trio No.1 in B-flat Major, D.898
Praised by The Arts Desk for their “intensity and expressive range”, the prize-winning young players of the Mithras Trio are former BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists. Enthusiastic
exponents of contemporary music, they pair an early trio by Shostakovich, written in the throes of teenage passion, and a late but lyrically life-affirming trio by Schubert, written in the shadow of his impending death, with Joy Lisney’s atmospheric Petrichor – evoking the scent that rises from the earth when rain falls on dry ground – which Mithras Trio premiered in a live Radio 3 broadcast from the Wigmore Hall in 2023.
About the Mithras Trio
Praised for their ‘exhilarating, highly-toned’ performances (The Arts Desk), the Mithras Trio have established themselves as one of the next generation’s most exciting and dynamic piano trios.
Established in 2017 while students at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, they shot to international recognition winning first prizes at the 10th Trondheim International Chamber Music Competition and 67th Royal Over-Seas League Competition. Named as BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists for the 2021-2023 seasons, they have recorded extensively for radio, as well as giving live-broadcast concerts from several major music festivals. They were selected as Kirckman Concert Society Young Artists for the 2019/2020 season, and Countess of Munster Trust Recital Scheme Artists for 2020-2023. In 2024 they were named as Borletti-Buitoni Trust award winners.
Dedicated to contemporary music, they have given world premières of works by Péter Tornyai and Joy Lisney. They released their debut album for Linn Records, titled ‘Eros’, in November 2023.
The Steinway concert piano chosen and hired by the Brighton Festival is supplied and maintained by Steinway & Sons, London.
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