Trio Wanderer
Ensemble

Trio Wanderer’s stage name pays homage to Schubert and more widely to German Romanticism, which is often imbued with the leitmotif of the wandering traveller. These three French musicians are avid, openminded wandering travellers who explore the musical world, spanning the centuries from Mozart and Haydn to the present. Acclaimed for its extraordinarily sensitive style, as well as almost telepathic mutual understanding and technical mastery, the Trio is one of the world’s foremost chamber ensembles.

Hailed as a “Wandering Star” by The Strad, the Trio performs on the most prestigious music stages including the Vienna Musikverein, Berlin Philharmonie, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Wigmore Hall, Palau de la Música Catalana, Teatro alla Scala, Moscow Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, Montréal Place des Arts, Munich Herkulessaal, Library of Congress in Washington, Kioi Hall in Tokyo and Tonhalle Zürich. They have also performed at major festivals including the Salzburg, Edinburgh, Montreux, Schleswig-Holstein, La Roque d’Anthéron, La Folle Journée de Nantes, Rheingau, Schwetzingen, Stresa, Granada and Osaka International Chamber Music festivals.

In triple concertos, the Trio has collaborated over a hundred times with international orchestras such as Orchestre National de France, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire, Orchestre de Chambre de Genève, Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife, Orquesta Filarmónica de Santiago, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen, Sinfonia Varsovia, Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg, National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia, Stockholm Chamber Orchestra etc, under the baton of Yehudi Menuhin, Christopher Hogwood, James Loughran, François-Xavier Roth, Louis Langrée, Arie van Beek, Marco Guidarini, Ken-David Masur, Ion Marin, José Areán, Charles Dutoit and James Conlon, amongst others.

With a particular fondness for contemporary music, the Trio has premiered works by composers including Thierry Escaich, Bruno Mantovani, Frank Michael Beyer, Christian Rivet, Matteo Franceschini and Philippe Hersant.

In addition to records for Sony Classical, Universal, Cyprès, Mirare and Capriccio, the Trio began collaborating with harmonia mundi in 1999. 20 recordings have been released since then: trios by Chausson, Ravel, Haydn, Shostakovich, Fauré, Pierné, Arensky, Tchaikovsky, Copland, Saint-Saëns, Mendelssohn, Smetana; the complete trios by Schubert, Brahms, Beethoven and Schumann; Schubert’s and Hummel’s piano quintets; triple concertos by Beethoven and Martinů with the Gürzenich Orchester Köln; and pieces by Liszt and Messiaen. These recordings have received many awards and commendations including CHOC de l’Année by Le Monde de la Musique, Diapason d’Or de l’Année, Gramophone Editor’s Choice, Recommendation by The Strad, CD of the Month by FONO FORUM and BBC Music Magazine, and MIDEM Classical Award. Their most recent albums were devoted to the trios of Rachmaninov, Shostakovich, Schumann and Franck.

In addition to their numerous radio and television recordings on Radio France, BBC, ARD and Mezzo, the Trio was the subject of a film made by the French-German television company ARTE in 2003. In 2017, for the Trio’s 30th anniversary, a book written by Olivier Bellamy, tracing the history of the Trio, was published by Art3 Plessis Editions.

Trio Wanderer’s members all graduated from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Paris. In 1989-1990, they studied at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music in Bloomington and New York’s The Juilliard School. In 1988, they won the ARD International Music Competition in Munich and, in 1990, the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition in the USA. The Trio was thrice-awarded Best Chamber Ensemble of the Year at the French Victoire de la Musique Classique in 1997, 2000 and 2009. In 2015, the Trio’s members were bestowed with the Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et Lettres by the French government. The Trio teaches a piano trio class at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Paris, which prepares ensembles for concerts and international competitions.