Fournier Trio

Formed in 2009, the Fournier Piano Trio has rapidly emerged as
one of the leading young piano trios. Winners of both 2nd Prize
and Audience Prize at the 6th Trondheim International Chamber
Music Competition in 2011, the Trio continues its second year
as Leverhulme Chamber Music Fellows at the Royal Academy of
Music and is mentored by renowned pedagogues Christopher Elton,
David Takeno, Thomas Brandis and Michael Dussek.

They recently made their critically acclaimed Purcell Room debut
as part of the 2011 PLG New Year Series and are winners of a
Philharmonia Orchestra MMSF Recital Award and a Tunnell Trust
Award. Recent performances include recitals at the Wigmore Hall,
Purcell Room, St James Piccadilly, Holywell Room in UK and abroad
in Germany, France and Holland. They also appeared at the Trond-
heim International Chamber Music Academy and Festival in Norway,
performing Faure's Piano Quartet No.2 with Lawrence Power.

In 2012 the trio looks forward to a return visit to the Wigmore Hall
for the Park Lane Group Monday Platform Series, an extensive tour
of Scotland as part of their Tunnell Trust Award, and recitals at the
Bath International Music Festival and Newbury Spring Festival.
Following their successful appearance at the 2011 International
Holland Music Sessions, the trio's selection for 'New Masters on
Tour' will bring them across Europe, culminating in their debut at the
Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. The trio is currently recording for their
debut album of British contemporary trios including Timothy Salter's
Piano Trio for USK Recordings.

They have played in masterclasses for Ralph Kirshbaum, Martin
Lovett, Gabor Takacs-Nagy, Leif Ove Andsnes, Sung-Won Yang,
Daniel Hope, Susan Tomes, and Menahem Pressler. The Trio is
currently 'Artist-in-Residence' at Wolfson College, University of
Oxford.

01.2012
The Fournier Trio will make their debut at the
prestigious Bath International Music Festival
which celebrates the 80th birthday of the
British composer Hugh Wood, performing his
Piano Trio along with the Ravel Piano Trio.

09.2011
Fournier Trio win 2nd Prize and Audience
Prize at the 6th Trondheim International
Chamber Music Competition, Norway!
They will return next year to Trondheim
to perform in the Chamber Music Festival.

09.2011
We are proud to announce our trio's exciting
association with Wolfson College, Oxford
University as 'Artist-in-Residence'.
The residency will involve recitals
and chamber music workshops over
the next two years.

03.2011
Following their successful debut at the
Purcell Room for the Park Lane Group, the
Trio has been selected to perform for PLG's
Monday Platform Series at the Wigmore Hall
next year. More details coming soon!

02.2011
Plymouth recital receives glowing review:
"some of the very best chamber music with
piano heard in the city for a very long
time. With mature and assured playing of
this stature, the Fournier Trio surely
deserves to be up there with the very
best..." Read more...

01.2011
The Fournier Trio's Purcell Room recital
on January 11 for the PLG New Year Series
received positive reviews in both The Times
and The Classical Source. Read more...

01.2011
The Kirckman Concert Society has
awarded the trio a recital at Wigmore
Hall. Date: 17th October 2011, 7.30pm

10.2010
Fournier Trio has been named winner
of a 2010 Tunnell Trust Award. As a
result the trio will tour Scotland in
a series of six concerts next season.

06.2010
The trio has been selected as 2011
Park Lane Group Young Artists and will
appear in the PLG New Year Series on
11 January, marking the trio's debut at
the Southbank's Purcell Room in London.

05.2010
The prestigious 'Leverhulme Chamber Music
Fellowship' has been awarded to the trio
by the Royal Academy of Music for 2010/11.

05.2010
The trio has been chosen to perform
at this year's Trondheim International
Chamber Music Academy and Festival in
Norway, with Daniel Hope, Leif Ove
Andsnes and Lawrence Power.