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Eckart Heiligers | Piano
Ulf Schneider | Violin
Martin Löhr | Violoncello
“The music was played with great intimacy, the musicians were extremely harmonious – simply superb.”
The Trio Jean Paul has remained unchanged for more than three decades and continues to rank among the most successful and consistent chamber music ensembles today. The trio captivates audiences around the world with its sophisticated ensemble culture, keen sense of tonal aesthetics not to mention the musicality of the three artists with their poised style.
Their career together started with first prizes at competitions in Melbourne and Osaka as well as at the German Music Competition. The name of the ensemble was also quickly set: Jean Paul was the favorite poet of Robert Schumann, whose works are particularly dear to the trio. As more than a mere namesake to the trio, the name reveals the musicians’ primary aim: to explore the similarities of music and language and make it audible for the audience.
Their engagements regularly take the ensemble to major concert halls around the world such as the Wiener Konzerthaus, Berliner Philharmonie, Palais des Beaux Arts Brussels or Wigmore Hall in London. Extensive tours have taken them to the USA and Canada.
The ensemble’s work focuses on the performance of contemporary repertoire, which also includes numerous original premieres by famous composers. Wolfgang Rihm dedicated his “Trio Concerto” to the ensemble which the Trio premiered in 2014 at the Berliner Philharmonie together with the WDR Sinfonieorchester under Jukka-Pekka Saraste. Further performances with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, the Tonhalle-Orchester Zurich and the NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover followed. Currently, the trio is dedicated to the new composition commissioned from Tobias Rokahr.
Numerous CD productions by the trio with CAvi-music garnered prizes: The recording of Brahm’s Trio in B major and Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht was awarded the Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik; the recording of the two Mendelssohn trios in 2009 and the Schubert trios in 2012 were distinguished with the Supersonic-Award. In 2015 a CD featuring piano trios by Joseph Haydn was brought on the market. Most recently, the Trio enthuses with their CD of Brahm’s String Sextets arranged for piano trio by the composer’s friend Theodor Kirchner.
For more information, visit the homepage www.triojeanpaul.de.
Short biographies
Eckart Heiligers | Piano
studied under Karl-Heinz Kämmerling in Hanover and Leon Fleisher in Baltimore (USA). His achievements earned numerous scholarships early on from the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), the German Music Competition as well as a France Graage Performance Scholarship. Eckart Heiligers delivered award-winning performances at numerous international competitions in Vercelli, Athens, Salt Lake City, Oslo and others. His concert work is characterized by tremendous breadth as he regularly performs as a soloist, chamber musician and vocal accompanist. He also serves as professor for piano and chamber music at the Zurich University of the Arts. His work also has him offering master classes both in Germany and abroad as well as participating as a jury member at international music competitions.
Ulf Schneider | Violin
studied in Hanover, New York and Berlin with Jens Ellermann, Masao Kawasaki, Felix Galimir and Thomas Zehetmair.
In addition to his worldwide concert activities with the trio, he has a continuous collaboration with the Bartholdy Quintet and the pianists Jan Philip Schulze and Stephan Imorde. He particularly enjoys developing programs in which language and music enter into a special connection with one another.
Ulf Schneider has been a professor at the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media for 20 years. He is regularly invited to give masterclasses and competitions as a juror.
Martin Löhr | Violoncello
completed his studies under Wolfgang Mehlhorn in Hamburg, Zara Nelsova at the Juilliard School in New York and Wolfgang Boettcher at the Berlin University of the Arts. He is also a recipient of a scholarship from the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes, a Masefield scholarship, was included in the Federal Selection of Concerts for Young Artists and was awarded the prize of the Mozartgesellschaft Wiesbaden. In 1995, he won 1st prize at the “Jeunesses Musicales” International Cello Competition in Belgrade.
Martin Löhr is a solo cellist of the Berlin Philharmonic, teaches at the Orchestra Academy and is a regular lecturer at master courses in Germany and abroad. His extensive concert performances include, in addition to orchestral concerts, solo performances as well as chamber music in a variety of formations.
Season 2024/2025 | Photos: Irène Zandel | Quote: Gießener Anzeiger, January 17th 2024
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The Trio Jean Paul in Freiburg
5 October 2023
Tonight the Trio Jean Paul comes to Freiburg for a performance at the Albert Konzerte. The three established musicians will present a complex programme of Rihm’s Fremde Szene […]
Beethoven Triple Concerto with Trio Jean Paul
7 October 2021
The Trio Jean Paul is spending the weekend in Bielefeld to perform two concerts together with the Bielefelder Philharmoniker. Under the direction of Alexander Kalajdzic the musicians will […]
Trio Jean Paul and Andreas Ottensamer performing in Kempen
24 May 2019
On May 25th the Trio Jean Paul will bring a great program around Beethoven’s ‘Archduke Trio’ combined with Messiaen’s Quatuor pour la fin du temps together with clarinetist […]
The Trio Jean Paul at Liederhalle Stuttgart
5 March 2019
On March 7th the Trio Jean Paul performs at the Liederhalle Stuttgart. The program includes works by Haydn, Schönberg and Beethoven. 7.03.2019 Liederhalle Stuttgart Mozartsaal
Trio Jean Paul: Concerts in Northern Germany
10 April 2018
The Trio Jean Paul can be heard this April with 3 concerts in Northern Germany. The concerts will begin on April 11th at the Schlosstheater Celle, on April […]
Isabelle van Keulen with the Tio Jean Paul at the Beethovenfest in Bonn
18 September 2017
The Beethovenfest in Bonn has a long tradition: it first took place in 1845 on the occasion of Beethoven’s 75th birthday in his homeland. The Tio Jean Paul […]
Trio Jean Paul on tour in Canada
14 September 2016
Audiences in Calgary and Kingston can look forward to extraordinary musical performances by the Trio Jean Paul that will feature a sophisticated musical programme. With Hayden, Beethoven and […]
Trailer for new Trio Jean Paul CD
5 January 2016
Trio Jean Paul is releasing a new CD true to the motto “sextets performed as piano trios” where the Trio plays both string sextets no. 1 and 2 […]
New Brahms CD from Trio Jean Paul
13 November 2015
Trio Jean Paul is releasing a new CD true to the motto “sextets performed as piano trios” where the Trio plays both string sextets no. 1 and 2 […]
Trio Jean Paul- Season Programs 2025/26
4 July 2024
Eckart Heiligers | Piano Ulf Schneider | Violin Martin Löhr | Violoncello “It is very rare to experience so much emotion and conviction at such a high level. And […]
Trio Jean Paul – Mendelssohn-Brahms-Schumann-Cycle
17 November 2023
Eckart Heiligers | Piano Ulf Schneider | Violin Martin Löhr | Violoncello “The Trio Jean Paul played with tension and grace, bringing out the most beautiful in […]
The Trio Jean Paul in Freiburg
5 October 2023
Tonight the Trio Jean Paul comes to Freiburg for a performance at the Albert Konzerte. The three established musicians will present a complex programme of Rihm’s Fremde Szene […]
Trio Jean Paul – Rihm Trio Concerto
5 September 2022
Ulf Schneider | Violin Martin Löhr | Violoncello Eckhart Heiligers | Piano Christoph Zimmermann wrote about the work on klassikinfo.de: “Rihm’s latest work combines both styles [Romantic […]
Beethoven Triple Concerto with Trio Jean Paul
7 October 2021
The Trio Jean Paul is spending the weekend in Bielefeld to perform two concerts together with the Bielefelder Philharmoniker. Under the direction of Alexander Kalajdzic the musicians will […]
Trio Jean Paul with Andreas Ottensamer
17 September 2021
Andreas Ottensamer | Clarinet Eckart Heiligers | Piano Ulf Schneider | Violin Martin Löhr | Violoncello “Andreas Ottensamer and the Trio Jean Paul impressed with a sensitive rendition […]
Trio Jean Paul and Andreas Ottensamer performing in Kempen
24 May 2019
On May 25th the Trio Jean Paul will bring a great program around Beethoven’s ‘Archduke Trio’ combined with Messiaen’s Quatuor pour la fin du temps together with clarinetist […]
The Trio Jean Paul at Liederhalle Stuttgart
5 March 2019
On March 7th the Trio Jean Paul performs at the Liederhalle Stuttgart. The program includes works by Haydn, Schönberg and Beethoven. 7.03.2019 Liederhalle Stuttgart Mozartsaal
Trio Jean Paul: Concerts in Northern Germany
10 April 2018
The Trio Jean Paul can be heard this April with 3 concerts in Northern Germany. The concerts will begin on April 11th at the Schlosstheater Celle, on April […]
Oldenburg – Former State Parliament
15 January 2018
Mozart – Piano Trio B flat major K502 Beethoven – Kakadu Variations *** Beethoven – Trio B flat major op. 97 “Erzherzogtrio”
Saarbrücken – Concert Hall of the Conservatory
15 December 2017
Haydn – Piano Trio in E minor Hob. XV: 12 Schönberg – Verklärte Nacht op. 4 *** Brahms – String sextet G major op. 36 (adaptation for piano […]
Isabelle van Keulen with the Tio Jean Paul at the Beethovenfest in Bonn
18 September 2017
The Beethovenfest in Bonn has a long tradition: it first took place in 1845 on the occasion of Beethoven’s 75th birthday in his homeland. The Tio Jean Paul […]
Boswil – Old Church Künstlerhaus
9 March 2017
Beethoven– Kakadu Variations Beethoven – Piano trio No. 1 E flat major op. 1 No. 1
Berlin – Philharmonie Kammermusiksaal
9 March 2017
Haydn – Trio E minor Hob. XV:12 Beethoven – Trio E flat major op. 70 No. 2 — Brahms – String Sextet in G major op. 36 (arranged […]
Trieste – Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi
9 March 2017
Beethoven – Piano trio No. 1 E flat major op. 1 No. 1 Rihm – Fremde Szene III Dvořák – Piano trio No. 3 f minor op. 65
Trio Jean Paul on tour in Canada
14 September 2016
Audiences in Calgary and Kingston can look forward to extraordinary musical performances by the Trio Jean Paul that will feature a sophisticated musical programme. With Hayden, Beethoven and […]
Trailer for new Trio Jean Paul CD
5 January 2016
Trio Jean Paul is releasing a new CD true to the motto “sextets performed as piano trios” where the Trio plays both string sextets no. 1 and 2 […]
New Brahms CD from Trio Jean Paul
13 November 2015
Trio Jean Paul is releasing a new CD true to the motto “sextets performed as piano trios” where the Trio plays both string sextets no. 1 and 2 […]
With orchestra
Beethoven Tripel concert C major op.56
Rihm Trio Concerto
With piano
Beethoven
Variations on I am the tailor Cockatoo op. 121b
Piano Trio E-flat major op. 1 No. 1
Piano trio in G major op. 1 No. 2
Piano Trio in C minor op. 1 No. 3
Piano Trio in B-flat major op. 11 Gassenhauer Trio
Variations in E-flat major op. 44
Piano Trio D major op. 70 No. 1 Ghost Trio
Piano trio E-flat major op. 70 No. 2
Piano Trio in B-flat major op. 97 Archduke Trio
Piano trio C major op. 87
Triple Concerto in C major op. 56
Birtwistle
Trio (2010)
Boulanger
D’un martin de printemps
D’un soir sad
Brahms
Piano Trio in B major op. 8 (version 1854)
Piano trio C major op. 87
Piano Trio in C minor op. 101
String sextet in B-flat major op. 18 (edited by Kirchner)
String Sextet in G major op. 36 (edited by Kirchner)
Chausson
Trio op. 3
Chong
Trio Epitaphs sans mots (2003)
written for the Trio Jean Paul
Dvorak
Piano Trio in F minor op. 65
Giseler
Lumina (1993)
Gürsching
Trio
Haydn
Trio in E Minor Hob. XV: 12
Trio in D major Hob. XV: 16
Trio in D minor Hob. XV: 23
Trio in F-Sharp Minor Hob. XV: 26
Trio in C major Hob. XV: 27
Trio in E-flat major Hob. XV: 29 In the German style
Trio in E-flat major Hob. XV: 30
Kagel
Trio No. 2
Kerry
Trio No. 2 In the Wind
dedicated to the Trio Jean Paul
V. D. Kirchner
Piano Trio Schumann in Endenich (1979)
Piano Trio Sunken Places (2004)
written for the Trio Jean Paul
Leibowitz
Trio op. 20
F. Martin
Trio on Irish folk tunes
Mozart
Trio in G major KV 496
Trio in B-flat major KV 502
Trio in E major KV 542
Trio in C major KV 548
Mendelssohn
Trio in D minor op. 49
Trio in C minor op. 66
Parra
Trio No. 2 (2006)
dedicated to the Trio Jean Paul
Pierné
Trio op. 45
Ravel
Trio in A minor
M. C. Redel
Trio Shadow Lines
written for the Trio Jean Paul
Rihm
Trio (1972)
Foreign scenes I-III
Trio Concerto (2014)
Shostakovich
Trio No. 1 in C minor op. 8
Trio No. 2 in E minor op. 67
Schönberg
Verklärte Nacht op. 4
(edited by E. Steuermann / Trio Jean Paul)
Sonnet No. 217 by Petrarch (edit for piano trio)
Schubert
Trio B major D 898
Trio in E major D 929
Sonata B major D 28
Notturno in E-flat major D 897
Schumann
Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor op. 63
Piano Trio No. 2 in F major op. 80
Piano Trio No. 3 G minor op. 110
Fantasy Pieces op. 88
C. Schumann
Trio in G minor op. 17
R. Smalley
Trio
Vasks
Episodi e canto perpetuo (Homage to O Messiaen) (1985)
Piano Quartet with viola or clarinet
Bartók
contrasts Sz 111
Brahms
Piano Quartet in C minor op. 60
Horn Trio in E-flat major op. 40
Dvorak
Piano Quartet in E-flat major op. 87
Messiaen
Quatuor pour la fin du temps
Mozart
Piano Quartet in G minor KV 478
Piano quartet in E-flat major KV 493
Schumann
Piano Quartet in E-flat major op. 47
With orchestra
Beethoven Tripel concert C major op.56
Rihm Trio Concerto
With piano
Beethoven
Variations on I am the tailor Cockatoo op. 121b
Piano Trio E-flat major op. 1 No. 1
Piano trio in G major op. 1 No. 2
Piano Trio in C minor op. 1 No. 3
Piano Trio in B-flat major op. 11 Gassenhauer Trio
Variations in E-flat major op. 44
Piano Trio D major op. 70 No. 1 Ghost Trio
Piano trio E-flat major op. 70 No. 2
Piano Trio in B-flat major op. 97 Archduke Trio
Piano trio C major op. 87
Triple Concerto in C major op. 56
Birtwistle
Trio (2010)
Boulanger
D’un martin de printemps
D’un soir sad
Brahms
Piano Trio in B major op. 8 (version 1854)
Piano trio C major op. 87
Piano Trio in C minor op. 101
String sextet in B-flat major op. 18 (edited by Kirchner)
String Sextet in G major op. 36 (edited by Kirchner)
Chausson
Trio op. 3
Chong
Trio Epitaphs sans mots (2003)
written for the Trio Jean Paul
Dvorak
Piano Trio in F minor op. 65
Giseler
Lumina (1993)
Gürsching
Trio
Haydn
Trio in E Minor Hob. XV: 12
Trio in D major Hob. XV: 16
Trio in D minor Hob. XV: 23
Trio in F-Sharp Minor Hob. XV: 26
Trio in C major Hob. XV: 27
Trio in E-flat major Hob. XV: 29 In the German style
Trio in E-flat major Hob. XV: 30
Kagel
Trio No. 2
Kerry
Trio No. 2 In the Wind
dedicated to the Trio Jean Paul
V. D. Kirchner
Piano Trio Schumann in Endenich (1979)
Piano Trio Sunken Places (2004)
written for the Trio Jean Paul
Leibowitz
Trio op. 20
F. Martin
Trio on Irish folk tunes
Mozart
Trio in G major KV 496
Trio in B-flat major KV 502
Trio in E major KV 542
Trio in C major KV 548
Mendelssohn
Trio in D minor op. 49
Trio in C minor op. 66
Parra
Trio No. 2 (2006)
dedicated to the Trio Jean Paul
Pierné
Trio op. 45
Ravel
Trio in A minor
M. C. Redel
Trio Shadow Lines
written for the Trio Jean Paul
Rihm
Trio (1972)
Foreign scenes I-III
Trio Concerto (2014)
Shostakovich
Trio No. 1 in C minor op. 8
Trio No. 2 in E minor op. 67
Schönberg
Verklärte Nacht op. 4
(edited by E. Steuermann / Trio Jean Paul)
Sonnet No. 217 by Petrarch (edit for piano trio)
Schubert
Trio B major D 898
Trio in E major D 929
Sonata B major D 28
Notturno in E-flat major D 897
Schumann
Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor op. 63
Piano Trio No. 2 in F major op. 80
Piano Trio No. 3 G minor op. 110
Fantasy Pieces op. 88
C. Schumann
Trio in G minor op. 17
R. Smalley
Trio
Vasks
Episodi e canto perpetuo (Homage to O Messiaen) (1985)
Piano Quartet with viola or clarinet
Bartók
contrasts Sz 111
Brahms
Piano Quartet in C minor op. 60
Horn Trio in E-flat major op. 40
Dvorak
Piano Quartet in E-flat major op. 87
Messiaen
Quatuor pour la fin du temps
Mozart
Piano Quartet in G minor KV 478
Piano quartet in E-flat major KV 493
Schumann
Piano Quartet in E-flat major op. 47