Presented by the Royal College of Music
The Eumelia Trio formed in 2018 at the Royal College of Music with the primary aim of exploring works by female composers from the 20th and 21st centuries. In March 2019, The Eumelia Trio took part in Piano Trio Day at the Gloucestershire Academy of Music, and worked with distinguished tutors such as Michael Bochmann MBE and Nicholas Roberts.
Upcoming plans for 2019 include further collaboration with young composers and exploring ways of bringing new technologies into a traditional concert environment.
Lithuanian violinist Auguste Emilija Janonyte is a winner of the prestigious Young Musician 2011 International Contest for Pianists, Violinists and Cellists in Tallin, Estonia. She successfully participated in more than 20 National and International Violin Competitions, and at the age of 7 Auguste was presented with a Queen Morta’s Prize for musical achievements. She’s played solo with orchestras in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Russia and United Kingdom, in prestigious concert halls as Lithuanian National Philharmonic Society (Vilnius, Lithuania), the Academic Glinka Capella in St. Petersburg (Russia) and Liverpool Capstone Theatre (England). Since September 2016 Auguste is studying as an ABRSM Scholar at the Royal College of Music in London with Professor Jan Repko.
Mikaela Livadiotis is a Cypriot pianist currently studying for a Masters in Contemporary Piano at the Royal College of Music under Danny Driver as a Kenneth and Violet Scott Scholar. Her most recent concert at the RCM was as a soloist in John Adams’ Grand Pianola Music with the RCM Wind Ensemble. Her undergraduate degree was taken at Trinity Laban, where she won the Gladys Puttick Improvisation Competition twice; once as a soloist and the second time with her dance partner Yanaelle Thiran. In January 2019 Yanaelle and Mikaela performed their most recent piece of devised and improvised work, Play On, as part of Resolution Festival at the Place. The piece will be taken on tour later in 2019.
Abigail Lorimier is an American cellist currently studying at the Royal College of Music with professor Alastair Blayden, associate principal cello of the London Symphony. Abigail is a member of the RCM Philharmonic and Opera Orchestras in addition to playing in several chamber music ensembles including the Rocca Quartet, the Eumelia Piano Trio, and the Atta Cello Duo. She was the youngest member admitted to the 2016 Festival Orchestra of the Americas for their European tour and was recently a fellow with the 2018 National Symphony Orchestra Summer Music Institute in Washington DC. Passionate about music education, Abigail also maintains a private cello studio of 16 pupils as a tutor with the Tri-Borough Music Hub.