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Following their London debut at the Southbank Centre's Purcell Room in 2014 as Park Lane Group Young Artists, the Minerva Piano Trio are establishing themselves as one of the UK's most exciting young trios. Finalists in the 2013 Royal Over-Seas League Music Competition, the Trio are engaged in innovative programmes, ranging from revivals of neglected works to collaboration with living composers. They have worked closely with leading British composers including Mark-Anthony Turnage. Recent highlights include the premiere of a work written by the Minerva Piano Trio's cellist and composer Richard Birchall. Among their upcoming appearances include a return performance at the Stratford-upon-Avon Chamber Music Society and a London masterclass with Gabor Takacs-Nagy. They are grateful for the support of the Park Lane Group, ChamberStudio, Richard Carne Trust, and Concordia Foundation.

Violinist Michal Cwizewicz directs the Ognisko Chamber Ensemble and is the concertmaster of the Górecki Chamber Orchestra. He was a scholar and prize-winner at the Royal College of Music and Imperial College. He has been teaching at the Royal College of Music since 2012. Cellist Richard Birchall read Music at Cambridge University before studying at the Guildhall School of Music under Louise Hopkins. He has been a member of the Philharmonia Orchestra since 2011. He also directs Cellophony cello octet and works as a composer and arranger. Pianist Annie Yim completed her doctorate in performance and musicology at the Guildhall School of Music with Joan Havill and City University London with Christopher Wiley. She is founder of MusicArt London, a performing arts organisation established in the UK that engages the art world in the commission and premiere of contemporary music.

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