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Newport Music Club 2026 Season - award-winning Trio Archai
We are delighted to invite you to our next concert introducing award-winning Trio Archai, one of the most exciting young ensembles of its generation - described as ‘a trio sure to become one of the greats!’
Mar Valor (piano), Ayla Sahin (violin), and Finn Mannion (‘cello) met at the Musik Akademie Basel, where they study as a trio with Claudio Martínez Mehner, Rainer Schmidt, Anna Gebert, and Anton Kernjak.
The trio’s repertoire spans the great Piano Trio works and their programme will include the wonderful Faure piano trio in D minor, the great Brahms Piano Trio No 1 in B major, and a contemporary Piano Trio by Francisco Coll (2020).
Founded in Basel in 2023, the trio has quickly gained international recognition through winning First Prize and Beethoven Prize at the Schoenfeld International String Competition 2025 in China, and First Prize at the 72nd Royal Over-Seas League (ROSL) Competition 2024 in London.
They have played at many prestigious venues including Wigmore Hall, Tivoli Vredenburg, St. George’s Bristol, Schaffhausen Klassik, Harbin Cultural Center, Swiss Chamber Music Festival, and Whittington Festival.
As Britten Pears Young Artists 2025/26, they will take up a residency at Snape Maltings. They are winners of the Tunnell Trust Concert Scheme 2025/26, laureates of the Orpheus Swiss Chamber Music Competition, members of the European Chamber Music Academy (ECMA), Chamber Studio London, and scholarship holders of Jeunesse Musicales Deutschland.
Their name Archai (pronounced “Ark-ai”), from the Ancient Greek for “origins” or “first principles,” reflects the ensemble’s shared musical values and their commitment to grow together.
We look forward to you joining us for what promises to be an outstanding concert!
Kindly supported by Making Music’s Philip & Dorothy Green Young Artists scheme.
Mar Valor (piano), Ayla Sahin (violin), and Finn Mannion (‘cello) met at the Musik Akademie Basel, where they study as a trio with Claudio Martínez Mehner, Rainer Schmidt, Anna Gebert, and Anton Kernjak.
The trio’s repertoire spans the great Piano Trio works and their programme will include the wonderful Faure piano trio in D minor, the great Brahms Piano Trio No 1 in B major, and a contemporary Piano Trio by Francisco Coll (2020).
Founded in Basel in 2023, the trio has quickly gained international recognition through winning First Prize and Beethoven Prize at the Schoenfeld International String Competition 2025 in China, and First Prize at the 72nd Royal Over-Seas League (ROSL) Competition 2024 in London.
They have played at many prestigious venues including Wigmore Hall, Tivoli Vredenburg, St. George’s Bristol, Schaffhausen Klassik, Harbin Cultural Center, Swiss Chamber Music Festival, and Whittington Festival.
As Britten Pears Young Artists 2025/26, they will take up a residency at Snape Maltings. They are winners of the Tunnell Trust Concert Scheme 2025/26, laureates of the Orpheus Swiss Chamber Music Competition, members of the European Chamber Music Academy (ECMA), Chamber Studio London, and scholarship holders of Jeunesse Musicales Deutschland.
Their name Archai (pronounced “Ark-ai”), from the Ancient Greek for “origins” or “first principles,” reflects the ensemble’s shared musical values and their commitment to grow together.
We look forward to you joining us for what promises to be an outstanding concert!
Kindly supported by Making Music’s Philip & Dorothy Green Young Artists scheme.
Saturday 14 March
Cosy Hall, Water Lane, Newport, Shropshire TF10 7LD
Tickets : Adults - £15.00 Children/Students - £2.007.00 p.m. Doors open at 6.30 p.m.
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