Astatine Trio

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Maja Horvat violin

Riya Hamie cello

Berniya Hamie piano

Haydn Piano Trio No.44 in E Major Hob XV:28

Hosokawa Trio

Mendelssohn Trio No.1 in D minor

One third Slovenian, two thirds Brightonian and three thirds BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists, the award-winning, all-female Astatine Trio contrast classic works by Haydn and Mendelssohn with a 2013 piece by contemporary Japanese master Toshio Hosokawa. Written in London on the second of his two visits, Haydn’s typically inventive Trio was composed for a famous female pianist of the day. Hailed by Schumann as “the master trio of our age”, Mendelssohn’s D minor also features brilliant piano writing throughout, not least in its featherlight fairy scherzo. Hosokawa’s Trio offers a shaman-inspired vision of the cosmos, with violin and cello playing at yin and yang.

In Association with Kirckman Concerts

Lunchtimes
Classical Music
Wed 13 May, 1pm

£15, Under 30s £10*

This event is taking place at Brighton Dome Studio Theatre

Ages 5+, no unaccompanied under 14s in the venue

Seated

Astatine trio standing between building, with one holding a violin and another holding a cello
About the Astatine Trio
Since its formation in 2021, the award-winning Astatine Trio has emerged as one of the UK’s most exciting young ensembles, most recently being named BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists for 2025-27.

They were awarded second prize and the special prize for best performance of the prizewinning work of the composition competition at the 2025 Franz Schubert and Modern Music Competition in Graz, becoming the first UK-based ensemble to win a main prize in the competition’s history, and their other accolades include first prizes at the Birmingham International Piano Chamber Music Competition, Virtuoso&Belcanto International Chamber Competition (Lucca, Italy) and Senior Intercollegiate Piano Trio Competition in 2022.

The trio have performed extensively across the UK and abroad, including at Wigmore Hall, The Glasshouse (as part of the BBC Proms), St George’s Bristol, Aldeburgh’s Jubilee Hall and the Harrogate Sunday Series, and as Britten Pears Young Artists for the 2023/24 season they made their debut appearance on BBC Radio 3 ‘In Tune’ in February 2024. They are current Hans Keller Chamber Fellows at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and are a resident ensemble at ProQuartet – Centre Européen de Musique de Chambre (Paris) for the 2025-2027 seasons. The trio have also been selected as Kirckman Concert Society artists for 2025/26.

The Steinway concert piano chosen and hired by the Brighton Festival is supplied and maintained by Steinway & Sons, London.

In association with Kirckman Concerts

*There is a £3.50 per order charge for all phone and online bookings (not applicable to Brighton Dome & Brighton Festival members)

**Stage timings are subject to change