The international Chamber music sensation, Trio Gaspard, will perform an Impromptu Classical Concerts presentation at 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 26. The concerts are held at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 401 Duval St.

Because of its unique and fresh approach to music, this renowned trio has become increasingly sought after. It was founded in 2010.

Trio Gaspard is the winner of major international music competitions, including first prizes and special prizes at the International Joseph Joachim Chamber Music Competition in Weimar; the Fifth International Haydn Chamber Competition in Illzach, France; and the 2012 “Wiener Klassic” Preis de Stadt Baden in Austria.

As well as exploring and championing the traditional piano trio repertoire, Gaspard works regularly with contemporary composers, while performing seldom-played masterpieces. The ensemble members have given masterclasses at Kyung-Hee University in Seoul, South Korea, and also served as the resident piano trio of the Shanghai Chamber Music Festival in 2016. There they taught talented young ensembles, and sat on the jury of China’s National Chamber Music Competition.

More recently, the trio was awarded a fellowship from the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, England.

All three members are successful soloists in their own right, and each continues to pursue their own careers, giving recitals and performing internationally in prestigious venues with other chamber groups. The trio’s first U.S. Tour is bringing them to Key West for one concert only.

Violinist Jonian Ilias Kadesha was born in Athens of Albanian and Greek heritage. He is currently completing his Masters at Kronberg Academy in Germany, and has played with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe at the Kronberg Festival, and with the Athens State Symphony Orchestra at Megaron Hall. He will soon return to Wigmore Hall, in the United Kingdom, to perform a Beethoven Concerto with the Roman River Festival Orchestra as well as take part in festivals at the Schubertiade, in Austria; and Molyvos in Lesbos, Greece.

Cellist Vashti Hunter of Berlin, Germany is the first British cellist ever to be awarded a prize at the International Cello Competition Prague Spring. She has also been the principal cellist of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, and the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. She won her Laureate playing Dvorak’s Cello Concerto with the Pilsen Philharmonic Orchestra in Dvorak Hall, in Prague.

Last, but not least, is pianist Nicholas Rimmer of Wigan, England.

At an early age this talented Brit developed a diverse musicality and studied not only piano and organ but also composition, harmony, and conducting, as a junior student at the Northern College of Music, (subsequently earning a degree in Musicology at Clare College, Cambridge.)

Rimmer also toured internationally as organist for the renowned Clare College Choir.

According to L’Arena de Verona newspaper, “Trio Gaspard has excellent credentials and immediately found its way into the heart of the audience.”

At the Jan. 26 concert the trio will perform the “Piano Trio G-major, op. 1, No. 2,“ by Ludwig van Beethoven; and “Two Pieces for Piano Trio,“ by Lili Boulanger.

Following a short intermission the trio will return to perform, Piano Trio No. 1 C-Minor, op. 8,“ by Dmitri Shostakovich; and Piano Trio G-Minor, op. 15,“ by Bedřich Smetana.

Maestros for the concert will be Christine Bassett and Carey Alexander.

Tickets for the concert cost $20, and are available at www.keystix.com, or at the door on the afternoon of the event. Cash, checks, or credit/debit cards accepted. Students will be admitted free. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.For more information visit www.keywestimpromptu.org

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