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Meet the Benauds The Benaud Trio rose to national prominence after winning the prestigious Piano Trio prize at the 2005 Australian Chamber Music Competition. The Benaud’s have been playing together in various duo and trio combinations over the last three years. The Trio members share many common interests including a love for chamber music, Chinese food, Led Zeppelin and an eagerness to break out the cricket bat at any opportunity. Between them, the members of the Benaud Trio have accumulated an impressive number of chamber music awards and have studied with numerous prominent musicians and ensembles including: the St Lawrence String Quartet, Scott St. John, Mark Steinberg, Mark Mogilevski, Janis Laurs and William Hennessy. April 22, 2008 io completed a three week residency at the Banff Centre in Canada, performing several times in the Banff Summer Arts Festival. Apart from their regular appearances in Melbourne, the Benaud Trio have given many performances in Victoria’s regional centres including Castlemaine, Shepparton, Port Fairy, Flinders and Mount Macedon. They have also given several performances in Adelaide and have featured in Musica Viva’s Ménage Series. Performances by the Benaud Trio have been broadcast nationwide on ABC Classic FM and Radio National and in Melbourne on 3MBS FM. The group has also been the subject of mini-documentaries produced for ABC Television’s ‘The Final Countdown’ and Network Ten’s ‘Totally Wild’. The Benauds have also played live on the ‘Today Show’, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground during the Boxing Day Test and at the launch dinner of the Steve Waugh Foundation. The Trio’s Annual Christmas Charity Concerts with the Tailem Quartet have become an important event in Melbourne’s musical calendar, raising over $1500 for MS Australia in 2005 and over $1200 for the Salvation Army Christmas Appeal in 2006. The Benaud Trio perform the entire gamut of Piano Trio repertoire from Haydn to the present day. The trio are renowned for their performances of the standard repertoire but are equally at home with the music of the 20th and 21st centuries having premiered several works by Australian composers. The Benauds have also caused quite a stir with audiences playing music with strong jazz/pop influences. In 2007 the Benaud Trio are proudly Musicians-in-Residence at 3MBS FM and are presenting their own concert series in Melbourne The Benaud Trio are: Amir Farid (Piano), Lachlan Bramble (Violin) and Ewen Bramble (`Cello).
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Meet the Benauds

The Benaud Trio rose to national prominence after winning the prestigious Piano Trio prize at the 2005 Australian Chamber Music Competition.

The Benaud’s have been playing together in various duo and trio combinations over the last three years. The Trio members share many common interests including a love for chamber music, Chinese food, Led Zeppelin and an eagerness to break out the cricket bat at any opportunity.

Between them, the members of the Benaud Trio have accumulated an impressive number of chamber music awards and have studied with numerous prominent musicians and ensembles including: the St Lawrence String Quartet, Scott St. John, Mark Steinberg, Mark Mogilevski, Janis Laurs and William Hennessy.

April 22, 2008 io completed a three week residency at the Banff Centre in Canada, performing several times in the Banff Summer Arts Festival. Apart from their regular appearances in Melbourne, the Benaud Trio have given many performances in Victoria’s regional centres including Castlemaine, Shepparton, Port Fairy, Flinders and Mount Macedon. They have also given several performances in Adelaide and have featured in Musica Viva’s Ménage Series.

Performances by the Benaud Trio have been broadcast nationwide on ABC Classic FM and Radio National and in Melbourne on 3MBS FM. The group has also been the subject of mini-documentaries produced for ABC Television’s ‘The Final Countdown’ and Network Ten’s ‘Totally Wild’. The Benauds have also played live on the ‘Today Show’, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground during the Boxing Day Test and at the launch dinner of the Steve Waugh Foundation. The Trio’s Annual Christmas Charity Concerts with the Tailem Quartet have become an important event in Melbourne’s musical calendar, raising over $1500 for MS Australia in 2005 and over $1200 for the Salvation Army Christmas Appeal in 2006.

The Benaud Trio perform the entire gamut of Piano Trio repertoire from Haydn to the present day. The trio are renowned for their performances of the standard repertoire but are equally at home with the music of the 20th and 21st centuries having premiered several works by Australian composers. The Benauds have also caused quite a stir with audiences playing music with strong jazz/pop influences.

In 2007 the Benaud Trio are proudly Musicians-in-Residence at 3MBS FM and are presenting their own concert series in Melbourne

The Benaud Trio are: Amir Farid (Piano), Lachlan Bramble (Violin) and Ewen Bramble (`Cello).