Biography
Meissa Trio is a piano trio formed in October 2023 by Samyuktha Rajagopal, Sophie Ehling and Yuri Inoshita, all from Trinity Laban Conservatoire. They are regularly coached by Matthew Denton and David Cohen, and have performed in Masterclasses taken by Carducci Quartet, Linos Trio and Raphael Wallfisch, etc. They have given successful performances at the great venues such as St.James's Piccadilly, Polish Hearth Club, Old Royal Naval College Chapel, St.George’s Beckenham, etc. They have participated in several international competitions and were awarded the First Prize in the World’s Best Musicians Competition (Warsaw) and Second Prize in the MIMA Young Artist Competition (Los Angeles). In April 2024, they had the honour of being the scholars to study in the Lavethan Easter Course of Chamber Music.
Members
Samyuktha Rajagopal
Violin
Samyuktha Rajagopal is adept at playing both Western classical and South Indian classical violin.From the age of 12 she has been performing both styles of music . She finished her three year diploma in the International Menuhin Music Academy,Switzerland and is currently pursuing her Master's degree at Trinity Laban conservatory for music and dance with Lana Trotvsek,a brilliant violinist from Slovenia. She has attended masterclasses with Notable musicians such as Gábor Takács-Nagy,Liviu Prunaru,Jean-Jacques
Kantorow,etc and she has performed at prestigious festivals such as Pablo casals, Bellerive,Pietrasanta festival, etc.
Yuri Inoshita
Piano
Born in Barcelona, Yuri started her musical training at the age of five. After graduating from Toho Gakuen High School of Music, she completed her bachelor in Intercultural Communication at Hosei University. She is currently on her postgraduate course at Trinity Laban Conservatoire, majoring in Piano Performance under the tuition of Martino Tirimo.
Yuri has given successful performances at the great venues such as St. Paul's Covent Garden, St. John's Upper Norwood, Polish Hearth Club, etc. As well as her solo works, she is strongly interested in collaborative works and was awarded the David Gosling Prize for Piano Accompaniment in the academic year 2022/23.
Sophie Ehling
Cello
Sophie Ehling (Netherlands, 1993) began cello lessons at age five. Her love for ensemble playing grew steadily by soon participating in chamber music ensembles and orchestras. As a student of Herre-Jan Stegenga, she obtained her Bachelor Cum Laude (2018) from Codarts, University for the Arts in Rotterdam, and two years later also her Master.
She received masterclasses by Raphael Wallfisch, Lucia Swarts, Joachim Eijlander, Uladzimir Sinkevich.
Sophie was awarded the Pauline Holden Scholarship and the Trinity College London Scholarship, enabling her to pursue postgraduate studies with the renowned cellist David Cohen, at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance in London.