Verbier Festival honors Trio Chagall
The Italian trio Chagall has been awarded the Prix Yves Paternot 2024 at the Verbier Festival Academy.
The Trio Chagall was founded in 2013 at the "G. Verdi" Conservatory in Turin by Lorenzo Nguyen, Edoardo Grieco and Francesco Massimino. The three now study with Rainer Schmidt and Anton Kernjak at the Hochschule für Musik in Basel. In 2023, the trio won first prize at the Schoenfeld International String Competition in Harbin, China, and was the winner of the 2023 Young Concert Artists Trust international auditions at Wigmore Hall.
At the beginning of this year, Trio Chagall was named an Echo Rising Star. This is linked to a tour of the major concert halls in Europe in the 2024/25 season.
Yves Paternot was the founder of the Friends of the Verbier Festival and a member of the Foundation Board. The prize named after him is endowed with CHF 10,000 and also includes an invitation to perform at a future Verbier Festival as well as support of up to CHF 15,000 for artistic and professional development.
