Trio Havisham

Trio Havisham is an award-winning ensemble comprising pianist Zany Denyer, violinist Magdalena Riedl, and cellist Seth Collin. Renowned for their thoughtful music-making, their performances have been described as having "real flair, while never losing that sense of balance" (CAVATINA, 2022).

Having won the Musicians' Company Award at Wigmore Hall (2023), they are now part of the Worshipful Company of Musicians' five-year Young Artist Programme. They have also been selected by the Kirckman Concert Society as Kirckman Artists for the 2024/25 season, after previously being part of the Tunnell Trust's roster of artists in 2023/24. The trio is also grateful for the support of Beare's Cultural Trust, The Countess of Munster Musical Trust, and ChamberStudio UK, who invited them to participate in three residences at the University of Cambridge as part of the Hans Keller Forum (2023/24). They were invited to the 2025 IMS Prussia Cove Masterclasses, where they studied in the class of Anthony Marwood and were later invited onto the Open Chamber Music Programme. In the summer of 2025, they were an Ensemble en Résidence at La Roque d'Anthéron International Piano Festival, at the invitation of Trio Wanderer, and later this year will take part in the Trondheim International Chamber Music Academy. They are also an ensemble of the European Chamber Music Academy.

The trio has also achieved success in international competitions, winning 2nd prize at the Concours International de Musique de Chambre de Lyon (2023). Previously, they were awarded 1st prize at the CAVATINA Intercollegiate Chamber Music Competition at Wigmore Hall and reached the finals of the Birmingham International Piano Chamber Music Competition (2022). More recently, they were prizewinners at the Schoenfeld International String Competition in Harbin, China (2025) and reached the semi-finals of the 12th International Chamber Music Competition: Franz Schubert and Modern Music (2025) in Graz, Austria.

Zany and Seth are currently pursuing advanced studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where the trio was awarded the Ivan Sutton Chamber Music Prize. From September, the trio will hold Junior Fellowships in Chamber Music at both Guildhall and the Royal Northern College of Music, where the trio was originally formed, studying with Petr Prause. Magdalena recently graduated from the Royal Academy of Music, where the trio studied with So-Ock Kim while Magdalena and Zany were students there. Magdalena and Seth play instruments generously loaned by Beare's International Violin Society.