Pad­ding­ton Trio

The Pad­ding­ton Trio is re­gard­ed as one of the most ex­ci­ting cham­ber mu­sic en­sem­bles of its ge­ne­ra­ti­on and is prai­sed at in­ter­na­tio­nal com­pe­ti­ti­ons and con­certs for its fresh in­ter­pre­ta­ti­ons, ima­gi­na­ti­ve pro­gram­ming and high­ly cul­ti­va­ted en­sem­ble play­ing. Like Pad­ding­ton, the fa­mous bear, the Fin­nish vio­li­nist Tu­ulia Hero, the Irish cel­list Pa­trick Mo­ri­ar­ty and the Ame­ri­can pia­nist Ste­pha­nie Tang have found their home in Lon­don and now form a uni­que en­sem­ble.

The trio's first ad­ven­ture tog­e­ther be­gan in 2020 at Pad­ding­ton Sta­ti­on. In 2022, it was award­ed first pri­ze at the 70th Roy­al Over-Seas Le­a­gue An­nu­al Mu­sic Com­pe­ti­ti­on, and also won the Triom­phe de l'Art In­ter­na­tio­nal Mu­sic Com­pe­ti­ti­on and the Sto­rio­ni Con­cours in 2024 and the Park­house Award in 2023. Its cur­rent work is ge­nerous­ly sup­port­ed by the City Mu­sic Foun­da­ti­on, the Kirck­man Con­cert So­cie­ty and GBZ Ma­nage­ment.

In March 2023, the trio per­for­med Beet­ho­ven's Tri­ple Con­cer­to for the first time, with the Jy­väs­kylä Sym­ph­o­ny Or­chestra in Fin­land. They have also per­for­med at re­now­ned ve­nues such as Wig­mo­re Hall, St. Ge­or­ge's & Bris­tol and Ti­vo­li­V­re­den­burg, as well as at pres­ti­gious fes­ti­vals such as Bux­ton In­ter­na­tio­nal and the Brigh­t­on Fes­ti­val.

The en­sem­ble mem­bers com­ple­ted their stu­dies at the Guild­hall School of Mu­sic & Dra­ma in Lon­don and have been stu­dy­ing with Gün­ter Pich­ler at the In­ter­na­tio­nal In­sti­tu­te for Cham­ber Mu­sic in Ma­drid sin­ce fall 2024.

Tu­ulia Hero plays a Stra­di­va­ri­us vio­lin from 1707, ge­nerous­ly lo­an­ed by the Si­be­l­i­us Aca­de­my, Uni­ver­si­ty of the Arts Hel­sin­ki.