Isabelle van Keulen violin
Lawrence Power viola
Kate Gould cello

The Leopold String Trio is firmly established at the forefront of the international chamber music scene performing regularly at the world’s leading venues and music festivals. Since forming in 1991 they have championed the often neglected medium of the string trio with peerless interpretations of the core repertoire while seeking out lesser-known masterpieces and giving premieres of many works by the likes of Kurtag, Henze, David Matthews and Judith Bingham. This commitment has led to many awards and accolades including selection for the inaugural BBC ‘New Generation’ Artist Scheme, the ECHO Rising Stars scheme, a 2004 Borletti/Buitoni Award and the 2005 Royal Philharmonic Society’s Chamber Ensemble Award. Their Borletti/Buitoni award helped them mount Leopold String Trio: The Series, a three year cycle of concerts at the Wigmore Hall and Turner Sims Concert Hall in Southampton consisting of six pairs of themed concerts expressing the scope and versatility of the string trio repertoire. The series runs through to March 2008 featuring many guest artists including pianists Marc-André Hamelin, Paul Lewis and Martin Roscoe and oboist Nick Daniel. Their recordings for Hyperion Records - the complete Beethoven String Trios; Mozart’s Divertimento in E flat K563; Mozart Piano Quartets with Paul Lewis; Schubert Trios and the ‘Trout’ Quintet with Paul Lewis and Graham Mitchell; Dohnanyi, Martinu and Schoenberg Trios, and the complete Brahms Piano Quartets with Marc-André Hamelin - have all been greeted with outstanding reviews and nominations for awards. Future recording projects include the Taneyev String Trios and Fauré Piano Quartets with Marc-André Hamelin.

Last updated: September 2008

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"This is an ensemble with a mission - to reignite the public's interest in the string trio repertoire. Long seen as a poor relation to the mighty string quartet, this concert made a real statement about the integrity of the string trio genre...The Leopold Trio's programming is inventive and thought-provoking"
Classical Source 11 November 2006

"Both programmes - the fifth and sixth of eight - characteristically combined established works with some interesting novelties [...] - in short, a thrilling performance that set the masterpiece (Mozart's E flat major Divertimento K563) in a new light"
Daily Telegraph 16 November 2006

Project: A series of 12 programmes over three seasons to showcase the string trio repertoire presented at London's Wigmore Hall and the Turner Sims Concert Hall in Southampton

• The Series – six pairs of programmes with linked themes performed over a three year period at the Wigmore Hall and Turner Sims Concert Hall, Southampton
• Setting up a website
• New photos

Artist Website

www.leopoldstringtrio.com

General Management

Thomas Hull at Ingpen & Williams
telephone: +44 (0)20 8874 3222
th@ingpen.co.uk
www.ingpen.co.uk

Friends of the Leopold String Trio at
telephone: 020 7354 4875
friends@leopoldstringtrio.com