ARCHAI TRIO’S BIOGRAPHY<\/p>\n
The award winning Trio Archai has established itself as one of the most exciting young ensembles of its generation. 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 Competition 2024 in London. Most recently, they won the 2026 Filippo Nicosia Award in Italy.<\/p>\n
Their performances have taken them across Europe, the UK, and Asia to prestigious venues and festivals including Wigmore Hall, Tivoli Vredenburg, Stadtcasino Basel, St. George\u2019s Bristol, Palau de la M\u00fasica Valencia, Schaffhausen Klassik, Harbin Grand Theatre, Swiss Chamber Music Festival, and Whittington Festival. The trio were Young Artists in Residence at Britten-Pears Arts 2025\/26, performing at Snape Maltings in Aldeburgh. Winners of the Tunnell Trust Concert Scheme 2025\/26, they are also laureates of the Orpheus Swiss Chamber Music Competition, and the 2026 Basler F\u00f6rderpreis der Stiftung BOG \/ Basler Orchester Gesellschaft.<\/p>\n
The trio\u2019s repertoire spans the great works of the piano trio canon alongside a strong commitment to contemporary music. Alongside programming works by the leading voices of today, they premiered two new commissions in the 2024\/25 season: \u2018Triangulum\u2019 by Dominic R\u00f6thlisberger (Swiss Chamber Music Festival, supported by Pro Helvetia and Fondation SUISA) and \u2018Nocturnes\u2019 by Jeremy Sams (Whittington Festival).<\/p>\n
Mar Valor (piano), Ayla Sahin (violin), and Finn Mannion (cello) met at the Musik Akademie Basel, where they study as a trio with Claudio Mart\u00ednez Mehner, Rainer Schmidt, Anna Gebert, and Anton Kernjak. As of 2026, they study at the International Institute for Chamber Music at the Escuela Superior de M\u00fasica Reina Sof\u00eda in Madrid, with Vera Mart\u00ednez Mehner and Heime M\u00fcller. They have benefited from the guidance of eminent artists such as Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Alexander Lonquich, Alina Ibragimova, D\u00e9nes V\u00e1rjon, Robert Levin, Zolt\u00e1n Fej\u00e9rv\u00e1ri, and Danjulo Ishizaka. They are members of the European Chamber Music Academy (ECMA), fellows of ChamberStudio London, scholarship holders of Jeunesse Musicales Deutschland, and were selected to join Thomas Ad\u00e8s\u2019s class at IMS Prussia Cove 2025. The trio are grateful for support received from Le Dimore del Quartetto.<\/p>\n
The name Archai (pronounced \u201cArk-eye\u201d), from the Ancient Greek for \u201corigins\u201d or \u201cfirst principles,\u201d reflects the ensemble\u2019s shared musical values and their commitment to grow together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"tipo-alumno":[],"class_list":["post-85790","alumno","type-alumno","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n