ECHO Rising Stars 2026/27: Amelio Trio

Three awesome players, one incredible trio. “Although all three showed their own distinctive personalities, their vividly wide-awake ensemble playing made for an electrifying interpretation that commanded the audience’s attention for every single second.“ Few descriptions capture the Amelio Trio better than this review from Germany’s Süddeutsche Zeitung. Their international reputation has been propelled by major prizes including second prize at the ARD International Music Competition (2023) and first prize at the 2022 International Schumann Chamber Music Competition. Having spent over half their lives as an ensemble (they first played together aged 13), their on-stage rapport is unmistakable. Each piece is unconventional and unique in its own way, creating an exciting concert full of rapid shifts in character and style: the eccentric wildness of Charles Ives gives way to the stillness of Birke Bertelsmeier, then to the virtuosic and playful inventiveness of Joseph Haydn, the premiere of Helena Winkelman’s commissioned work and, finally, Robert Schumann’s mysterious G minor Trio. An hour-long concert, with coffee/tea and a slice of cake available beforehand, included in your ticket. Rising Stars are nominated by the artistic directors of Europe’s most prestigious venues which are members of the European Concert Hall Organisation (ECHO). See the full B:Classical Season here See the full ECHO Rising Stars Season here