WALDSTEIN PIANO TRIO

Greta Papa - violin Miguel Ángel Villeda - cello

Christos Fountos – piano
The Trio achieved significant early success as the only London College prize winners at the
CAVATINA Intercollegiate Chamber Music Competition at Wigmore Hall in 2022. Immediately
after, they were offered the Carne Trust Junior Fellowship by Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music
and Dance.
The following year, the Trio won the 1st Prize at the “4th Vienna International Music Competition”,
leading to a performance in the Musikverein-Brahms Saal, Vienna; resulting in an invitation to take
part in the prestigious Evolution Chamber Music Course in the Banff Centre for the Arts and
Creativity in Canada.
On their return to London, thanks to the generosity of Philip Carne the Trio was offered a second year
of Fellowship and continued to gain more awards; winning the First Prize in the “Medici International
Music Competition”, the Gold Prize and the Special Award for Best Professional Chamber Ensemble
in the “Amadeus International Music Awards”, the Second Prize in the “Fanny Mendelssohn
International Competition”, the Third Prize in the “Rising Stars Grand Prix 2023” in Berlin and the
First Prize in the “Grand Prize Virtuoso International Music Competition” in Bonn.
The members of the Trio are very keen to perform not only the standard repertoire for piano trio but
also to premiere new music: most recently collaborations with three living composers Sem Hak
(Netherlands), Valentina Ciardelli (Italy) and Bruno Heinen (United Kingdom).
Recent performances include the Brahms Piano Quartets in Malta, the Shostakovich and Mendelssohn
Trios in Canada and Cyprus, concerts with cellist Raphael Wallfisch, a cycle of Shostakovich
Chamber Works, Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time in London, a Masterclass and a Concert at
Manchester University and a performance in Mozarteum Grosser Saal in Salzburg, Austria.
Future performances of the trio include concerts in Germany and Mexico, as well as performing
independently as soloists with orchestras in the UK.
The members of the Trio would like to express their immense gratitude for the invaluable support
they have received from Philip Carne MBE. In addition, acknowledgment to David Kenedy, Nic
Pendelbury, Douglas Finch and Elizabeth Lloyd-Davies, as well as Trinity Laban and Morden
College. Highly obliged to Teresa and Jonathan Sumption for their heartful kindness.

Waldstein Trio playing in Musikverein-Brahms Saal, Vienna, 08/04/23.