Florestan Trio

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The Florestan Trio was a piano trio. Formed in 1995 in London, England, its members were Anthony Marwood (violin), Richard Lester (cello), and Susan Tomes (piano).{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=q23863/biography|Florestan Trio – Biography by Robert Cummings}} Their recording of the first two trios by Schumann won the 1999 Gramophone Award for chamber music. Also in 1999, the Trio received the Music Award for Chamber Ensemble from Britain’s Royal Philharmonic Society.{{cite web|title=Past RPS Music Awards Winners|url=http://www.rpsmusicawards.com/pastwinners/index.html?page=pastwinners/pastchambermusic.html|website=Royal Philharmonic Society|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715211435/http://www.rpsmusicawards.com/pastwinners/index.html?page=pastwinners%2Fpastchambermusic.html|archivedate=15 July 2011|url-status=dead}} On 13 June 2009 they performed Beethoven's Symphony No. 2 in D major in a rarely heard arrangement by the composer for piano trio.{{cite web|last=Tomes|first=Susan|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/jun/05/florestan-trio-beethoven-second|title=The Florestan Trio: Who needs an orchestra to play a symphony?|work=The Guardian|date=5 June 2009}} The Florestan Trio recorded extensively for the Hyperion label. Their final series of concerts was given at the Wigmore Hall in London in January 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.florestantrio.com/|title=About The Florestan Trio|website=www.florestantrio.com|url-status=usurped|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211075524/http://www.florestantrio.com/|archivedate=11 February 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/about-us/news/florestan-trio-reviews|title=Florestan Trio Reviews|publisher=Wigmore Hall|date=7 January 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120116140027/http://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/about-us/news/florestan-trio-reviews|archivedate=16 January 2012}}