Profile & Special Focus
A Pantoum is a poetic form of Malaysian origin that arrived in France in the 19th century with the orientalist artistic movement, in which two ideas, one picturesque and descriptive, the other intimate and sentimental, are constantly intertwined. This literary and artistic movement greatly influenced French music at the turn of the 20th century (so much so that the second movement of Ravel's trio, entitled 'Pantoum', is directly inspired by its formal and thematic rules).
In 2016, Hugo Meder, Bo-Geun Park and Virgile Roche founded the Trio Pantoum while still in their first year at the Paris Conservatoire, and it has since established itself as one of the most promising European chamber music ensembles of its generation.
Awards
1st prize and Anna Maria and Giorgio Ribotta special prize at Trio do Trieste Chamber Music Competition 2022
3rd prize at Joseph Joachim International Chamber Music Competition 2022
1st prize at FNAPEC European Chamber Music Competition 2021
Honorary Award at the Léopold Bellan International Competition 2021
2nd prize at International Chamber Music Competition Illzach 2019
Partners, cooperations and past performances
Concerts at:
Philharmonie de Paris (FR)
Brussels, Gent, Waterloo, Hoeilaart (BE)
Trondheim International Chamber Music Festival (NO)
Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester (GB)
Hochschule der Künste Bern (CH)Collaborations with:
Pierre Fouchenneret (violin), Paul Zientara (viola), Ann Lepage (clarinet), Aleksandra Dzenisenia (cimbalom), Nerida QuartetThe Trio Pantoum were Artists in Residence at the ProQuartet-European Chamber Music Centre for the 2021-2022 season.
Upcoming concerts and tours
2024
January 2024: Stagione concertistica Ferrara Musica 2023-24, Ferrara (IT)
13 January 2024: Unione Musicale I concerti dell'Unione, Torino (IT)
14 January 2024: Stagione concertistica, Ivrea (IT)
16 January 2024: Circolo Culturale Bellunese, Belluno (IT)
18 January 2024: „La camera delle meraviglie“, Verona (IT)
19 January 2024: „Micat in Vertice“, Siena (IT)June 2024: Intégrale des trios de Brahms, Vauclause (FR)
Ensemble & Instrumentation
Since 2022: Artists in Residence at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel in Waterloo (Belgium) under the direction of Miguel Da Silva, Corina Belcea and Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden
Masterclasses with:
Günter Pichler, Irvine Arditti, Alasdair Tait, Mathieu Herzog,Alexis Galpérine, Emmanuel Strosser, Jérôme Pernoo, Jonas Vitaud, Xavier Gagnepain, Ébène Quartet, Modigliani Quartet, Diotima Quartet, Hatto Beyerle, Johannes Meissl, Antonio Meneses, Patrick Jüdt, Avedis Kouyoumdjian, Louise Hopkins, Talich Quartet, Meta4, Škampa QuartetHugo Meder - Violin
Bogeun Park - Cello
Virgile Roche - PianoHugo Meder and Bo-Geun Park both play French instruments, a ‘Gand et Bernardel’ violin from 1884 and the Bernardel ‘Ex-Navarra’ cello from 1861, kindly lent by the Zilber Vatelot Rampal Foundation.
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