Trio Areal was founded in 2021 at the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste in Zurich. Three talented and promising young musicians, Daria, Jamila and Sandro, began playing together in the famous Toni Areal building, where the idea for the trio’s name was born. Although they come from different parts of the world, the three musicians each have a very mixed cultural background, all three have an ability to play with great musical expression that never leaves the audience indifferent, a strong desire to explore and share their personal stories through the well-known repertoire as well as discovering the trio’s repertoire that is not yet popular worldwide. Daria, Jamila and Sandro are considered young soloists, each the recipient of prestigious international and Swiss prizes, scholarships and competitions, playing as soloists with symphony and chamber orchestras as well as in chamber music with renowned musicians from all over the world. A great passion and love for chamber music, and in particular the piano trio, brought them together and motivated them to develop further together as a group.
Trio Areal is an ardent advocate of bringing piano trio music to a wider audience, as well as presenting new modern music.
Living and studying in Switzerland has given this young trio the opportunity to take lessons with the great chamber music teachers such as Marc Pantillon, Till Fellner, Cobus Swanepoel, Thomas Grossenbacher and Ilya Gringolts. Each of these teachers firmly believes in the brilliant future career of the Trio Areal because of its strong musical expression and vision of the repertoire. The trio performs actively in German- and French-speaking Switzerland, in concert series such as Fondation Louis Moret, Yehudi Menuhin Forum, Konzert um 5 and Spezial-Konzert um 5 Winterthur, festival ‘La Chapelle aux Concerts, Couvet’, concert series ‘Forum du Collège Bâbord, Preverenges’, The Spheres, Studio Odradek live. In 2024 the Trio Areal recorded its first CD on the international Odradek label, to be released at the end of the same year.
