The Trio Hélios was born in 2014 from a common passion of three friends for the varied universe of the repertoire for trio with piano. Eva Zavaro (violin), Raphaël Jouan (cello) and Alexis Gournel (piano) form an ensemble that has established itself over the years on the French and international stages.

Based in Paris, the trio performs in prestigious halls such as the Wigmore Hall, the Philharmonie de Paris, the Salle Cortot, the Phoenix Hall in Osaka and is regularly invited to festivals such as the Festival d'Auvers-sur- Oise, the Musical Meetings of Evian, the International Cello Festival of Beauvais, the Festival des Arcs, the Pablo Casals Festival of Prades, the Pianissimes, the Festival of La Roque d'Anthéron or the Folle Journée de Nantes, Warsaw, and Tokyo. He had the opportunity to perform Beethoven's Triple Concerto several times in Paris, Rennes, Lyon and Metz.

The Trio Hélios has distinguished itself in numerous international competitions: it notably won second prize at the Trondheim International Chamber Music Competition (2019), second prize at the Lyon International Chamber Music Competition (2018), the Kammermusikpreis of the ISA Festival in Reichenau, Austria (2019), as well as the Franz Liszt Special Prize at the Joseph Joachim Competition in Weimar (2019).

“D’un matin de Printemps”, their critically acclaimed debut album featuring works by Saint-Saëns, Ravel and Lili Boulanger was released in April 2021 on the Mirare label. Their second album, “Bohemia”, will be released in April 2023.

Graduated from the CNSMD in Paris in the classes of Claire Désert, Itamar Golan and François Salque, the Trio Hélios has regularly benefited from the advice of personalities such as the Trio Wanderer, the Ebène quartets, Talich and Modigliani, Emmanuel Strosser or Gary Hoffmann. Since 2018, he has also been an Ensemble ECMA – European Chamber Music Academy – allowing him to perfect his skills across Europe with teachers such as Hatto Beyerle, Johannes Meissl, Patrick Jüdt or Avedis Kouyoumdijan.

Trio Hélios is represented by Agence Claire Laballery. He is also together in residence at the Singer-Polignac Foundation. Raphaël plays a cello by Frank Ravatin from 2020 and Eva an Italian violin called “Le bel Inconnu” bringing together a work by Nicolo Amati with that of Antonio Stradivari, which is kindly lent to him. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.