In 2010 they were invited to perform the "Rombach" piano trio by P Dusapin for the BBC Proms.
Since his arrival in New Zealand in 2013, Marko Pop Ristov is a regular player with the APO and ACO as well as section leader of "Bach Musica".
Spence has a German equivalent Master of Chamber Music from the Robert Schumann Musik Hochschule. In Manchester, she studied with the solo cellist of the Royal Danish Orchestra, Kim Bak Dinitzen and Baroque Cellist, Susan Shepherd.
Helen Bevin, originally from Dunedin, gained a Masters of Music with Distinction from Guildhall School of Music & Drama in 2011, studying under Rachel Roberts.
She then spent two years in London freelancing with such orchestras as the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra and Britten Sinfonia, touring extensively throughout Europe and China.
Flavio Villani completed a Bachelor of Piano Performance with Matteo Napoli at the Conservatory "G.Martucci" in Salerno in 2007.
In 2012 he completed a Master of Piano Performance at the University of Auckland with first class honours under the guidance of pianist Stephen De Pledge. He won the Northland Society Piano Competition in 2008, as well as first prize in the Llewelyn Piano Competition in both 2011 and 2012.
Villani has performed extensively in New Zealand and abroad including performing the Rachmaninoff Concerto No 2 with the Orchestra Filarmonica of Calabria in Italy and again with the Orchestra of CalArts in Los Angeles at the beginning of 2015.
The details
Date and time: Saturday, September 3 at 7.30pm
Venue: Concert Chamber, Sir Howard Morrison Performing Arts Centre
Tickets: $30 adult; $15 for students 18-25 years and school-age children are free if accompanied by adult ticket holder.
Presented by: Rotorua Music Federation
VILLANI PIANO QUARTET
Marko Pop Ristov (violin)
Helen Bevin (viola)
Sarah Spence (cello)
Flavio Villani (piano)