The Helix Trio was founded in Basel on the year 2022 by the pianist Paula Belzunegui Moreno, the violinist Jaume Angelès Fité, and the cellist Guillermo Ortega Santos. Being already musicians with a wide experience in the field of chamber music, the Helix Trio is born with the ambition of becoming an outstanding ensemble in its generation in this musical field, combining a historically informed approach with a high interest in the most recent music of our times.

HELIX TRIO

ABOUT US

The Helix Trio was established in 2022 at the Hochschule für Musik FHNW Basel, and is currently pursuing a CAS degree (Certificate of Advanced studies) with the professors Anton Kernjak and Anna Gebert. They also receive further relevant musical impulses from Professors Zoltán Fejérvári, Rafael Rosenfeld and Rainer Schmidt.

The Helix Trio has been prizewinner in the ORPHEUS Swiss Chamber Music Competition 2022 and therefore is performing in festivals such as the Piano Trio Fest 2023 (Bern), the Swiss Chamber Music Festival 2023 (Adelboden) and the Festival Musikdorf Ernen 2023.

The young ensemble has also recently won “La Flama" Competition 2023, and will make its debut in the Palau de la Musica of Catalunya in November 2023 among other concerts. Since July 2023, the Helix Trio is an aspirant ensemble of the ECMA (European Chamber Music Academy).

The Helix Trio has participated in several academies and festivals such as the IMS Prussia Cove Masterclasses in April 2023 with the pianist Dénes Várjon, the Vic 2023 International Chamber Music Academy with the violinist Abel Tomàs (Casals quartet) and has also participated in masterclasses with musicians such as Steven Isserlis, Heime Müller (Artemis Quartet), Anthony Marwood, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Johannes Meissl, Robert Levin and Heinz Holliger among others.