KUNGSBACKA PIANO TRIO

Malin Broman, violin
Jesper Svedberg, cello
Simon Crawford-Phillips, piano

Formed in 1997, the Kungsbacka Piano Trio is one of the most outstanding ensembles of its generation. Winner of first prize in the Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition it has since appeared at numerous festivals and venues throughout Europe, North and South America, Australia and New Zealand. Invited to take part in BBC Radio 3’s New Generation Artists scheme, the trio can be frequently heard on Radio 3. Selected as “Rising Stars” by the European Concert Halls Organisation, the trio gave a series of recitals all over Europe and a début recital at New York’s Carnegie Hall. Performances have included appearances at the Schwetzinger, Mecklenburgh-Vorpommern, Bremen, Lockenhaus and Presteigne Festivals and the BBC Proms, and residencies at the Lofoten and Båstad International Chamber Music Festivals. In London the Trio performs regularly at the Wigmore and the Cadogan Halls. Recordings include Schubert, Haydn and Mozart Piano Trios and Chopin’s Piano Trio, Op 8 for Naxos as well as the world première of Karen Rehnqvist’s Beginning for Piano Trio, commissioned for the trio and released on BIS. The trio is also recording a Fauré CD for Naxos. Other commissions have included works by composers such as Daniel Bortz, Joe Duddell, Helen Grime, Paul Stanhope and Mark-Anthony Turnage. Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden presented the Trio with the prestigious Interpret Prize awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Music. The trio takes its name from the Swedish town in which it gave its first performance and where it has established an annual festival.

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Northern Lights – Jeremy Siepmann interviews Simon Crawford-Phillips of the Kungsbacka Trio

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