The Pianos Trio

The Trio Tomassi-Griguoli-Stella debuted in 2010 at the “Martha Argerich Project” in Lugano with a rousing performance of The Firebird Suite by Igor Stravinsky. Since then, the Trio has collected at every performance, and for each recording, enthusiastic audience and critical acclaim.

The Trio is now a regular guest of the “Martha Argerich Project”, where in 2012 presented a dazzling transcription of La Mer by Claude Debussy. All performances of the Trio in Lugano have been proposed on disc by EMI Classics in boxed sets of the series «Martha Argerich & Friends – Live from Lugano», always getting unanimous appreciations from international critics and gaining major acknowledgments like the Gramophone Editors′s Choice and the ECHO Klassik award.

This unusual ensemble can be considered as the natural prosecution of the extensive experience in piano duo of its components (some of which are recorded on highly praised CDs). The Trio is much appreciated for the amazing musical understanding of the three pianists, for the spectacular virtuosity of the whole and for the originality of the project: to present great masterpieces of the symphonic repertoire, especially from twentieth century, transcribed for three pianos by Carlo Maria Griguoli, one of the members of the Trio. The result is a kaleidoscope of sounds capable of recreating the texture complexity and orchestral colours richness of the original scores.