The award-winning Calvino Trio is fast gaining an international reputation as a piano trio to watch.
In July they perform in seven New Zealand centres as part of Chamber Music New Zealand's 2016 Encompass Series.
Their concert in Whanganui is presented by Chamber Music Wanganui in association with the Foundation Music School, Wanganui Collegiate School.
The Calvino Trio members met at the International Musicians' Seminar in England in 2013, and decided to form a trio. In 2014 they were awarded first prize at the Jeunesses Musicales Suisse Competition. In 2015 further successes included receiving first prize at the Orpheus Swiss Chamber Music Competition, and an invitation to represent the Musikhochschule Basel at an international chamber music festival in Portugal.
The trio members hail from three different continents: Sini Simonen [violin] from Finland; Alexandre Foster [cello] from Canada; and Jun Bouterey-Ishido [piano] from New Zealand.