The recipient of various international prizes, Trio Jakob is an ensemble with the goal of exploring the piano trio repertoire and the creation of a unique soundscape through the convening of three distinct personalities. 

 

Having performed in renouned venues and international music festivals – among which the Fundación Juan March (Madrid), TivoliVredenburg (Utrecht), Stadsgehoorzaal (Leiden),  Fringe Festival in Torroella de Montgrí, the Livorno Music Festival (Italy) and the Prisma Poliedric Festival (Italy) — the trio has been awarded prizes in various chamber music competitions including the XVI CIM Les Corts in Barcelona, the II Concurso Cambra Románica in Andorra and La Follia Nuova International Competition in Italy. They are the recipients of the Prix Champagne Mailliard from the European Chamber Music Competition from FNAPEC as well as the second prize winners of the 2021 chamber music competition from Juventudes Musicales España and the third prize in the Anton Garcia Abril International Chamber Music Competition in 2022. 

 

With an extensive repertoire exploring the various facets of the piano trio literature throughout the past 300 years, the trio has worked closely with contemporary composers, having been the dedicatees of Octavi Rumbau’s Stealing Time D, commissioned by JMI Catalonia, and taking part in the soundtrack of the 2024 Sergei Loznitsa documentaryThe Invasion.

 

Since its inception in 2014, they have worked with many household names such as Dirk Mommertz, Michel Strauss, Isabel Charissius, Lorenza Borrani, Heime Müller, Peter Nagy and Claire Désert and groups like the Vogler Quartet, Gryphon Trio and Cuarteto Casals. Trio Jakob is currently in training at NSKA — Netherlands String Quartet Academy — receiving lessons by its artistic leader Marc Danel and guest teachers such as Luc-Marie Aguera. They are also part of the ProQuartet academy, and they have taken part in the annual encounters of Jeunesses Musicales’ International Chamber Music Campus in Weikersheim, supported by a full scholarship of JMI-Deutschland. The trio is currently part of the Le Dimore del Quartetto network, providing concerts and residencies in European historical patrimony.