Friday 31st October 2025, 7.30pm, Parish Church, £16

Trio Archai
Mar Valor (piano), Ayla Sahin (violin) and Finn Mannion (cello)

Prizewinners of the Orpheus Swiss Chamber Music Competition in 2023 and of the 72nd Royal Over-Seas League Competition in London the following year, Trio Archai gave their Wigmore Hall debut in June 2024. Awarded the Philip and Dorothy Green Young Artist Award by Making Music and artists of the Tunnell Trust Award Scheme in 2025/2026, they are in the middle of playing at festivals and music societies throughout the UK. They met at the Musik-Akademie Basel where they have been studying under Claudio Martinez Mehner and other distinguished artists and are also members of ChamberStudio UK, where they are mentored by the cellist John Myerscough.

Programme:
​Beethoven  Piano Trio op.1 no.1 in Eb
Grime  3 Whistler Miniatures
Bridge  Selection of Minatures
Brahms Piano Trio in B op.8

“Their respect for each other, the attention to detail and this wonderfully warm, fresh, yet very mature way of playing makes an audience cheer and go home knowing that they have witnessed a trio sure to become one of the greats.”
 
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