Annette von Hehn violin
Stefan Heinemeyer cello
Thomas Hoppe piano
The Atos Trio was founded in Berlin in 2003 and unites pianist Thomas Hoppe with violinist Annette von Hehn and cellist Stefan Heinemeyer in their mutual ambition to push all limits of their musical genre. Recognised by the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Award in 2007 and as BBC New Generation Artists 2009-2011, the Trio performs throughout the USA, Australia and Europe to great acclaim.
At the 5th Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition, the Atos Trio became the first artists to win not only the First Prize but also the Grand Prize, the Musica Viva Tour Prize and the Audience Prize. They have appeared at prestigious festivals such as the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Rheingau Music Festival, Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele, the City of London Festival, Budapest Spring and Enescu Festival, Bucharest. They have performed as soloists in the triple concertos of Beethoven and Martinu under such conductors as Jac van Steen and Andrew Manze, with Orchestras including the Kieler Symphoniker and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and National Orchestra of Wales. Atos Trio has released CDs with works by Schubert, Schumann and Beethoven, the entire chamber music of von Herzogenberg and Josef Suk and, most recently, both piano trios by Mendelssohn on CPO.
'Three voices, one sound; the kind of pitch-perfect unanimity of phrasing, tone, feeling and interpretation that distinguishes the finest chamber ensembles' (Detroit Press). Annette von Hehn plays the Ex-Neaman Stradivarius which is kindly provided to her by the Neaman family.
Photograph taken by Steve Haberland