Sunday 6 December 3.00 pm
Trio Descartes - piano trio
Phoebe Rousochatzaki (violin)
George Wilkes (cello)
Elisabeth Tsai (piano)
Haydn: Piano Trio in E major Hob XV/28 (15')
Allegro / Allegretto / Finale
Ernest Bloch: Three Nocturnes for Piano Trio, B 56 (1924) (8')
Robert Schumann: Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor Op 63 (32')
(Four movements)
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Based between London and The Hague, Phoebe Rousochatzaki is an active soloist, orchestral musician and chamber performer. She is Second Violin Associate Principal of the Residentie Orkest and regularly performs with the Luxembourg Philharmonic and Solistes Européens Luxembourg. As a soloist, she has appeared with ensembles including the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century and at festivals such as Sion, Orlando, Aurora and the Music Chapel Queen Elisabeth Festival. Recent highlights include receiving a prize violin by Klaus Ludwig Clement at the 2026 Bach Competition in Leipzig and performing Hafliði Hallgrímsson's Seven Epigrams at the Barbican. A Cultuurfonds and NMF laureate, Phoebe has received numerous awards at national and international competitions. A passionate chamber musician, she is a founding member of the Tamesis String Quartet, winner of the 2025 Cavatina Competition at Wigmore Hall. She completed her Artist Diploma at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama under David Takeno.
George Wilkes is a British cellist whose performances have taken him across the UK, Europe, and the United States. He has appeared at festivals including Nume, Schiermonnikoog, Apeldoorn, Santander, and Hellensmusic, and performed at major Belgian venues including BOZAR, MIM, and the Parlamentarium. A dedicated chamber musician, he has collaborated with artists including Bruno Delepelaire, Misha Amory, Mihaela Martin, and Maya Iwabuchi. George studied at the Royal Academy of Music with Josephine Knight, winning the May Mukle/Douglas Cameron Prize and receiving the Frank Britton Award. He continued his studies in Brussels with Jeroen Reuling and is currently pursuing a master's degree at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with Louise Hopkins. Passionate about contemporary music, George regularly collaborates with composers and ensembles on new works and premieres.
Pianist Elisabeth Tsai is gaining recognition for her interpretation of the German Classical and Romantic repertoire. First prizewinner of the 2026 Cambridge International Piano Competition, the 2026 BPSE Beethoven Prize, the 2024 Brahms Competition Detmold and 3rd prizewinner at the 2026 Takamatsu International Piano Competition, her recent seasons have included solo and concerto performances across the US, the UK, Austria, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Japan. Elisabeth is currently a Junior Fellow at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and is under the mentorship of Ronan O'Hora, Richard Goode, and Paul Lewis. She has completed an Artist Diploma at GSMD and a Master's at the Yale School of Music. An active chamber musician, she was a Fellow at the 2024 Norfolk Chamber Festival and a Fellow at the 2023 Smithsonian Chamber Society on fortepiano. She was invited to the Lieven Piano Foundation in Vienna and has been privileged to play to artists such as Robert Levin, Imogen Cooper, Till Fellner and Jonathan Biss.
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