Andrzej Panufnik Trio
The trio exists since 2003. Three young polish musicians have chosen for their patron Andrzej Panufnik - polish composer (1914-1991) who imigrated to Great Britain. Since then the ensemble has been studying with prof. Gerrit Zitterbart (ABEGG Trio), prof. Hatto Beyerle (former Alban Berg Quartet), prof. Adam Kostecki (Rubinstein Trio) and Marcin Sieniawski (Szymanowski String Quartet) at 'Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hannover' and since 2005 is in the soloclass at this school.
Andrzej Panufnik Trio being since 2005 a member of prestigious European Chamber Music Academy (ECMA) has opportunity to work with such pedagogues
as Shmuel Ashkenasi (Vermeer String Quartet), prof. Elmar Budde, Peter Cropper (Lindsay String Quartet), Eckart Heiligers (Trio Jean Paul), Erich Höbarth, Avedis Kouyoumdjian, Rainer
Kußmaul, Martin Löhr
(Trio Jean Paul), Johannes Meissl (Artis String Quartet), Vladimir Mendelssohn, Christoph Richter, Ulf Schneider (Trio
Jean Paul), Gábor Tákacs-Nagy and Gérard Wyss.
In September 2006 the trio took part at the 4th Trondheim Chamber Music Festival and Academy, during which the ensemble was coached by Joseph Kalichstein and Lars Anders Tomter. The trio had also opportunity during this event to work on its modern repertoire with David Harrington from Kronos String Quartet.
In 2005 Andrzej Panufnik Trio won 3rd prize at The Charles Hennen International Chamber Music Competition in Heerlen, Netherlands and was the best piano trio. In October 2006 the trio has received music prize of 'Märkische Kulturkonferenz'.
The trio performs throughout european countries - has played at 'Musikfest Goslar' (Germany), 'Braunschweig Classix Festival' (Germany), 'Kalkalpen Chamber Music Festival' (Austria), 'Festival Pablo Casals Prades' (France), 'Trondheim Chamber Music Festival' (Norway), Krönungssaal Aachen (Germany), Philips Hall in Eindhoven (Netherlands). The trio performed the Triple concerto by L. van Beethoven with 'Gotha-Suhl Philharmonic Orchestra' as well as with 'Märkische Youth Orchestra'.
Andrzej Panufnik Trio has made recordings for NDR (Northgerman Radio).