Trio Farben are a versatile, dynamic and captivating London-based trio who are just as comfortable playing in a large concert hall as they are giving an intimate house recital. Heather Brooks (harp), Imogen Davey (flute), and Georgia Russell (viola) have been playing together since 2019 after meeting during their studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. They have been invited to play at a number of prestigious concert halls such as the Bridgewater Hall,  Cadogan Hall and Milton Court Concert Hall, in addition to giving smaller recitals in churches, stately homes, clubs and galleries across the UK. They are very excited to be Britten Pears Chamber in Residence artists for 2024-2025, and are the grateful recipients of the H Steven and P E Wood Bursary. They love exploring the breadth of unknown repertoire for the unusual combination of instruments, curated first by Debussy, in addition to playing the well-known core works for the trio such as Debussy’s ‘Sonate’ and Arnold Bax’s ‘Elegaic Trio’. Trio Farben have a keen interest in contemporary music— playing works by Torū Takemitsu, Imogen Davey and Callum Murray. They have commissioned Iranian-American composer, Darius Paymai, to write them a piece for their 2024/25 season which will be premiered at the Jubilee Hall in April as part of their Britten Pears Arts Residency.

Trio Farben are passionate about collaboration and cross-arts performances, often performing with live electronics and visuals created by visual artists. They have collaborated with RPS prize-winning composer Adam Possener and Orchestra for the Earth, and recently played in concert with jazz drummer Mark Sanders. They have performed in masterclasses to world class chamber musicians such as Jane Atkins and Robert Levin, Garfield Jackson, David Waterman, Imogen Barford and Phillipa Davies. Imogen, Georgia and Heather are experienced solo and chamber players. In 2022, Imogen won the Needlemakers Woodwind Prize at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Georgia won first place in the North London Festival Senior viola prize in 2024. Heather was awarded the ‘Special Szeged Government prize’ Szeged International Harp competition 2022 and is generously supported by scholarships from the Musician’s Company, Tillett and Colin Keer Trusts.