Since its formation in 2021, the award-winning Astatine Trio has emerged as one of the UK's most exciting young ensembles, most recently named BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists for 2025-27. The trio was awarded second prize and the special prize for best performance of the prizewinning work of the composition competition at the 2025 Franz Schubert and Modern Music Competition in Graz, becoming the first UK-based ensemble to win a main prize in the competition's history. Other accolades include first prizes at the Birmingham International Piano Chamber Music Competition, Virtuoso&Belcanto International Chamber Competition (Lucca, Italy) and Senior Intercollegiate Piano Trio Competition in 2022. The trio also received the SEAM Prize for contemporary music at the 2023 Lyon International Chamber Competition, in which they were the youngest finalists.
The trio has performed extensively across the UK and abroad, including at Wigmore Hall, St George's Bristol, Aldeburgh's Jubilee Hall and the Harrogate Sunday Series, and as Britten Pears Young Artists for the 2023/24 season they made their début appearance on BBC Radio 3 'In Tune' in February 2024. The trio are current Hans Keller Chamber Fellows at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama and are a resident ensemble at ProQuartet - Centre Européen de Musique de Chambre (Paris) for the 2025-2027 seasons.
From 2022-25 the trio benefited from the mentorship of legendary pianist Alfred Brendel, at his personal invitation. The trio has undertaken residencies at Snape Maltings and at the University of Cambridge, as part of ChamberStudio's inaugural Hans Keller Forum, and attended the 2025 IMS Prussia Cove masterclasses in the class of Thomas Adès. Currently, the trio is being mentored by Anthony Marwood through ChamberStudio and is a member ensemble of the European Chamber Academy.