The members of TRIO 258 are pianist Lestari Scholtes, violinist Eduardo Paredes Crespo and cellist Leonard Besseling, three inspirational musicians sharing a rich background in chamber music both at home and abroad. The piano trio came together in 2015 in an atmospheric rehearsal room at Keizersgracht 258 in Amsterdam. At the very same address, a few floors lower down, Leonard’s cello had also been built by Leonard’s father, luthier Matthieu Besseling. The trio has performed at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Muziekgebouw Eindhoven, TivoliVredenburg Utrecht, Opéra National de Bordeaux and at festivals such as the Storioni Festival, Delft Chamber Music Festival and the Dutch Grachtenfestival. They have made several appearances on national television, in programmes such as Podium Witteman and Podium Klassiek, as well as playing regularly on NPO Radio4. TRIO 258 continues to take lessons regularly from teachers such as Joan Berkhemer, Dmitri Ferschtman and Slava Poprugin.
Inspired by their shared passion for chamber music, the members of TRIO 258 are on a continuing quest to forge the most powerful connections with the music and their audiences, a quest that does not shy away from a deeply personal involvement as they explore their love for the repertoire at the limits of intimacy and vulnerability. The trio looks for its own unique sound, inspired by a more romantic ideal from yesteryear, a sound that is always a product of whatever the music itself demands.
The Trio’s repertoire covers the spectrum from Haydn to Fazil Say, albeit with a special love for the Romantic piano trio corpus. In January 2023 their debut CD, ‘The Return’, with works of Sergei Rachmaninoff, was released at Challenge Classics, receiving great reviews by press and audience.
***** “…the three musicians dose tastefully in an always intense, exciting interpretation, using the exuberance of melodies and themes to stir up contrasts and give the work the great Russian soul that distinguishes it.” – Pizzicato Magazine
“Trio 258 plays with unique sensitivity” – Nederlands Dagblad
**** “Trio 258 plays with gut, literally and metaphorically” – NRC