Our youngest musicians in the 2024 Sunday Series are the Astatine Trio, formed at the RCM in 2021, and are Britten Pears Young Artists for the 2023/24 season. Making their Harrogate debut, the Trio have already won the First Prize and the Luigi Boccherini Prize at the International Virtuoso & Belcanto Chamber Competition, and joint first prize at the Birmingham International Piano Chamber Music Competition in November 2022. Most recently, the Trio were the youngest finalists of the 2023 Lyon International Chamber Music Competition and were awarded the SEAM prize for contemporary music. They are mentored by the legendary Alfred Brendel and made their Wigmore Hall debut in 2022.
