Biography
Trio Anima was formed in 2006 at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Since their formation, they have been delighting audiences with their distinctive combination of flute, viola and harp. The trio won the Elias Fawcett Award for Outstanding Chamber Ensemble at the 2012 Royal Overseas League Competition & First Prize at the Camac Harps Chamber Ensemble Competition in 2007. They have been Live Music Now Artists and were awarded a Chamber Music Fellowship at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in 2011. In 2017 they were selected as Kirckman Concert Society Artists.
Three outstanding musicians of their generation form this fine chamber ensemble: Matthew Featherstone is the principal flute of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and has appeared as guest principal with orchestras such as Britten Sinfonia, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, & the BBC Symphony Orchestra. He won the Royal Overseas League Wind Prize in 2012. Violist Rosalind Ventris has performed with Mitsuko Uchida at Marlboro Festival, Tabea Zimmermann at the Wigmore Hall, & Gerhard Schultz at the Salzburg Festival. She won five prizes including Yuri Bashmet’s President’s Prize at the 2013 Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition. Anneke Hodnett pursues a busy career as a chamber and orchestral musician, playing as guest principal with orchestras including the BBC Symphony Orchestra, City of London Sinfonia, RTE National Symphony Orchestra and Royal Ballet Sinfonia. She is the harpist of the Suoni Ensemble, Copenhagen, plays with groups such as the Riot Ensemble and Marryat Ensemble, and has recorded for the Coviello Classics, Delphian, LAWO Classics and Meridian labels.
Concert engagements have taken the trio across the UK and further afield. They have been praised for the “superb sense of ensemble between the players, and the impressive vitality of their playing” (Planet Hugill). Recent venues have included St. John’s Smith Square, St. David’s Hall, Cardiff University Concert Series and The Music Room at Champs Hill. They have appeared live on BBC Radio 3’s In Tune and toured in France.
Trio Anima has a strong commitment to expanding the repertoire for their ensemble. Most recently they premiered their commission from Scottish composer Rory Boyle as part of their Kirckman Concert Society Recital. A recital at St. Martin-in-the-Fields included the premiere of a work by Francisco Coll, and with composer Sasha Siem they premiered her work for trio and voice at the Royal Opera House as part of the “Operashots” series. They continue to promote the work of contemporary composers, and are currently commissioning Eloise Gynn and Ashley John Long two piece which will be recorded as part of Trio Anima’s debut album. This will be recorded in Spring 2021, with the generous support of Ty Cerdd, The Tanza Trust and Kirckman Concert Society.
Three outstanding musicians of their generation form this fine chamber ensemble: Matthew Featherstone is the principal flute of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and has appeared as guest principal with orchestras such as Britten Sinfonia, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, & the BBC Symphony Orchestra. He won the Royal Overseas League Wind Prize in 2012. Violist Rosalind Ventris has performed with Mitsuko Uchida at Marlboro Festival, Tabea Zimmermann at the Wigmore Hall, & Gerhard Schultz at the Salzburg Festival. She won five prizes including Yuri Bashmet’s President’s Prize at the 2013 Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition. Anneke Hodnett pursues a busy career as a chamber and orchestral musician, playing as guest principal with orchestras including the BBC Symphony Orchestra, City of London Sinfonia, RTE National Symphony Orchestra and Royal Ballet Sinfonia. She is the harpist of the Suoni Ensemble, Copenhagen, plays with groups such as the Riot Ensemble and Marryat Ensemble, and has recorded for the Coviello Classics, Delphian, LAWO Classics and Meridian labels.
Concert engagements have taken the trio across the UK and further afield. They have been praised for the “superb sense of ensemble between the players, and the impressive vitality of their playing” (Planet Hugill). Recent venues have included St. John’s Smith Square, St. David’s Hall, Cardiff University Concert Series and The Music Room at Champs Hill. They have appeared live on BBC Radio 3’s In Tune and toured in France.
Trio Anima has a strong commitment to expanding the repertoire for their ensemble. Most recently they premiered their commission from Scottish composer Rory Boyle as part of their Kirckman Concert Society Recital. A recital at St. Martin-in-the-Fields included the premiere of a work by Francisco Coll, and with composer Sasha Siem they premiered her work for trio and voice at the Royal Opera House as part of the “Operashots” series. They continue to promote the work of contemporary composers, and are currently commissioning Eloise Gynn and Ashley John Long two piece which will be recorded as part of Trio Anima’s debut album. This will be recorded in Spring 2021, with the generous support of Ty Cerdd, The Tanza Trust and Kirckman Concert Society.
