Trio Chagall was founded in 2013 by Lorenzo Nguyen, Edoardo Grieco and Francesco Massimino within the Conservatorio Statale “Giuseppe Verdi” di Torino (The Conservatorio “G. Verdi” in Turin). The Trio was named as a tribute to the famous painter Marc Chagall, who has always been a deep source of inspiration, as well as being admired for his ties to music and strong expressive power through the use of colour.
Prolific competition winners, the Trio Chagall were awarded First Prize at the Schoenfeld International String Competition in Harbin, China and were also winners at the 2023 Young Classical Artists Trust international auditions at the Wigmore Hall. Further prizes include 2nd Prize (First Prize not awarded) at the 20th edition of the Premio “Trio di Trieste” (where they were awarded the special prizes “Dario de Rosa” for best performance of a piece by Schumann, “Fernanda Selvaggio” for best Trio of the competition and “Young award” as most promising ensemble finalist), 1st overall prize of the chamber music category at the Amadeus Factory competition (2018), numerous accomplishments at the Concorso di Giussano in 2019, the “Giovanna Maniezzo” prize by the Jury of the Accademia Musicale di Siena and in March 2022 the Trio was chosen as the “Ensemble of the year 2020/2021” by Le Dimore del Quartetto.
The Trio has also achieved the 1st prize at the XXIII International Music Competition of Cortemilia, the 1st prize at the European Music Competition of Moncalieri in 2016, the 3rd prize and the special prize “Città di Venaria” (presented to the best youths of the edition) at the Luigi Nono Competition of Venaria in 2016 and the 2nd overall prize at the Gasparo da Salò Competition in 2019.
Trio Chagall is involved in an intense concert activity all over Italy performing in prestigious venues (Vatican Museums in Rome, Teatro Verdi in Trieste, Reitschule in Grafenegg, Italian Institute of Culture in Paris, Milan Theatre dal Verme and Conservatory, Sala Sassu in Sassari) and as a guest of Unione Musicale in Torino, Amici della Musica di Firenze, Società del Quartetto di Milano, Camerata Ducale in Vercelli (Viotti Festival), Accademia Chigiana, ACM - Chamber Music of Trieste, Fondazione Perugia Musica Classica, Società Umanitaria Milano, and Orchestra Filarmonica di Torino.
The Trio is now continuing its studies with Rainer Schmidt and Anton Kernjak at the Hochschule für Musik in Basel and is an Ensemble ECMA at the European Chamber Music Academy, where it receives advice from Hatto Beyerle and Patrick Jüdt.
