Neave Trio

https://www.neavetrio.com/

Anna Williams - violin
Mikhail Veselov - cello
Eri Nakamura - piano

Forged out of friendship and honed by passion, the Neave Trio has earned enormous praise for its engaging, cutting-edge performances, innovative collaborations and its championing of works by living composers. The Trio’s recordings have been named among the best recordings of the year by both The New York Times and BBC Radio 3, and Gramophone notes their performances as “thrilling, wild energy, electrifying”.

Neave has performed at esteemed concert series and festivals worldwide including Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival, Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Kaatsbaan Summer Festival, Bard Music Festival, Rockport Chamber Music Festival, La Jolla Athenaeum, as well as performances across Europe, Japan and Russia.

‘Gathering Light’ trailer

Of particular note for Neave their London debut at Kings Place will feature the UK premiere of a new piano trio from celebrated composer Jennifer Higdon (A Vast Palette) alongside their album release of In Her Hands on Chandos Records. Anticipated recording and touring programmes include the beautiful ‘A room of her own’ around Smyth, Tailleferre, Boulanger and more.

Robert Paterson’s ‘Moon Trio’

Innovative programming and collaborations with artists of many mediums are a hallmark of the Neave’s work. Recent projects include the world premiere of Robert Paterson’s new triple concerto on the topic of climate change under the baton of JoAnn Falletta at the Mostly Modern Festival; Rising, an exploration of what it means to rise with PigeonWing Dance, choreographer Gabrielle Lamb and American composer, Robert Sirota; Gathering Light, an immersive evening of sight and sound created with media artist Sharon Harper, which premiered at Harvard University in 2022; D-Cell: an Exhibition & Durational Performance, conceived and directed by multi-disciplinary visual artist David Michalek; as well as performances with the Blythe Barton Dance Company; with dance collective BodySonnet; with projection designer Ryan Brady; and in the interactive concert series “STEIN2.0”. Working with living composers, Neave Trio’s recent premiere performances include Klee Musings by acclaimed American composer Augusta Read Thomas, Eric Nathan’s Missing Words V, recorded for New Focus Recordings, Elena Ruehr’s Winter Night, Leah Read’s Cloud Burst for piano trio and electronics, and Dale Trumbore’s Another Chance, among others.

Members of the Neave are dedicated educators and the trio are currently Ensemble-in-Residence at Virginia Commonwealth University. They have held residency positions at Brown University, MIT School of Architecture and Design, University of Virginia, San Diego State University as the first ever Fisch/Axelrod Trio-in-Residence, Longy School of Music of Bard College, and the Banff Centre (Canada).

Neave’s critically acclaimed recordings include La Mer (Chandos Records, 2025) which was praised by The Strad as “beguiling … the playing is as idiomatic as it is virtuosic” and has earned the trio’s second Grammy nomination;Rooted and A Room of Her Own (Chandos, 2024); Musical Remembrances (Chandos, 2022), in which the Wall Street Journal highlighted “the expressive alchemy among the players” and earned the trio a GRAMMY nomination in the Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Category; Her Voice (Chandos, 2019), which Gramophone described as “a splendid introduction to these three pioneering female composers,” and as “sumptuously recorded … a taut and vivid interpretation”. Other releases include Celebrating Piazzolla (Azica Records), French Moments (Chandos) as well as the trio’s debut album in 2016, American Moments (Chandos).

Astor Piazzolla - “Otoño Porteño” (Autumn)

The Neave Trio is managed in North America by Primo Artists and by Percius for the rest of the world.

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