The Rautio Trio draws together three outstanding young musicians from Britian, Israel and Russia. Based in London, they are widely recognised as one of Britain’s finest young ensembles. The Trio has performed at the UK’s most prestigious chamber music venues, appearing at the Wigmore Hall, Purcell Room, Bridgewater Hall, St George’s Bristol and on BBC Radio 3 ‘In Tune’. They were appointed Leverhulme Chamber Music Fellows at the Royal Academy of Music 2005-7, and hold a multitude of awards: Tillett Trust’s Young Artists’ Platform (2005), Maisie Lewis Wigmore Award (2006), Park Lane Group Award (2006), Musician’s Benevolent Fund Ensemble Award (2007), selected by the Manchester Mid-day Concerts Society  for Bridgewater Hall Recital Series (2007), and finalists and winners of the audience prize at the Parkhouse Award (2007). They are Making Music’s 2008-09 Recommended Artists, and the first UK piano trio to be selected for the European Chamber Music Academy.

The three players are prize-winning graduates from the Royal Academy of Music, Royal College of Music and Royal Northern, working with some of the world’s most distinguished musicians. They have participated in ‘Schubert’ masterclasses with the Florestan Piano Trio, subsequently being selected to perform at the Florestan Peasmarsh Festival, and have taken part in masterclasses with Ferenc Rados at the International Musicians’ Seminar, Prussia Cove. Last year they gave their French debut at the Pablo Casals Festival as part of the European Chamber Music Academy, and 2009/10 will feature performances in Austria, Switzerland, Italy and Germany.

The Trio’s diverse repertoire incorporates a special interest in British contemporary music. They have worked closely with John Casken, performing his Piano Trio (2002) at the South Bank and most recently at Penrith Music Club. They have also premiered new works written for them by Thomas Hyde (’Three Dancers’, Piano Trio 2005), Nicholas Sackman (’Before the Rainbow’, Piano Quintet 2006), and Benjamin Wallfisch ‘Syzygy’ (2008) premiered at the Wigmore Hall for the Park Lane Group.