Concert by Trio Balthasar

PROGRAMME

Joan Trimble - Phantasy trio

Shostakovich - Trio No.2 in E minor, Op 67

Haydn - Trio in E minor XV12

Ravel - Trio in A minor

THE TRIO

The Trio Balthasar is a new piano trio formed by experienced professionals playing established classics next to some unfamiliar work including introducing music by Irish composer Joan Trimble. Since their launch at Wigmore Hall in 2022 they have appeared at several Music Festivals. The name Balthasar was initially suggested as a homage to the German baroque architect Balthasar Neumann, and with Balthasar also the name of one of the Wise Men in the Nativity story, there developed the idea of three men on a journey, bearing gifts. 

The members of the trio are:

IAIN BURNSIDE:

Internationally acclaimed as a leading collaborative pianist, Iain Burnside has worked with many of the world’s great singers. His discography features over sixty CDs, spanning a huge sweep of repertoire. Burnside is also an award-winning broadcaster, familiar to listeners of BBC Radio 3. He has a long association with the Guildhall School and gives masterclasses at home and abroad. He is also an award winning broadcaster, familiar to listeners of Radio 3.

MICHAEL FOYLE

MIchael launched his career by winning the Netherlands Violin Competition in 2016. Recent concerto appearances include with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, Polish Baltic Philharmonic and Youth Symphony Orchestra of Russia. Michael is Professor of Violin at the Royal Academy of Music in London (the youngest appointed in the institution’s 200-year history). 

TIM HUGH

Tim studied at Yale and Cambridge, becoming the principal cellist of the London Symphony Orchestra in 1995. His studies gained him an MA in Medicine and tuition by Jaqueline du Pré and William Pleeth. He plays a Gennaro Gagliano violin on loan.