Biography

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 been awarded a Musicians’ Company Concert 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 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 recently invited to the 2025 IMS Prussia Cove Masterclasses, where they studied in the class of Anthony Marwood. 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.

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.

The trio is grateful to have received numerous opportunities for masterclasses and coachings with esteemed musicians over the past few years, including James Baillieu, Alasdair Beatson, Michael Dussek, Leonard Elschenbroich, Donald Grant (Elias String Quartet), Ralf Gothóni, Richard Ireland, Laura Jellicoe, Matthew Jones, Yair Kless, Robert Levin, John Myerscough (Doric Quartet), Carole Presland, Petr Prause (Talich Quartet), Wu Qian (Sitkovetsky Trio), Hannah Roberts, Gábor Takács-Nagy, the Takács Quartet, Trio Karénine, David Waterman (Endellion Quartet), Jeremy Young, So-Ock Kim, and the Gould Piano Trio.

A particular passion of Trio Havisham lies in exploring the rarely performed trios of Bohuslav Martinů. In 2023, they recorded his 1st Piano Trio, ‘Cinq pièces brèves’, for the Abbey Road Institute. Zany and Seth are currently pursuing advanced studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where the ensemble was awarded the Ivan Sutton Chamber Music Prize, as Artist Diploma and Postgraduate students, respectively. Magdalena is completing a Professional Diploma at the Royal Academy of Music. The ensemble originally formed at the Royal Northern College of Music, where they were awarded the Christopher Rowland Ensemble of the Year Prize. Magdalena plays a violin by Enrico Ceruti, generously loaned to her through Beares’ International Violin Society.

Award: Musicians’ Company Concerts: Maisie Lewis 2023