About us
Based in the Netherlands, Ether Trio brings together three musicians from Argentina, Spain, and France, united by a love for the piano trio repertoire and a desire to make chamber music feel intimate, alive, and accessible to all.
Through masterworks, poetry, spoken texts, projected images, folklore songs, and original creations, the trio brings composers’ stories to life, exploring the people, passions, poems, and historical moments that shaped their music.
With a particular focus on the 20th century, Ether Trio creates connections between composers such as Shostakovich, Ravel, and Pierné, revealing how their worlds resonate with our own. Their concerts invite audiences not only to discover the stories behind the music, but also to pause, reflect on society, and see the present from a different perspective.
A poetic moment of music, storytelling and a space for reflection and hope.
ADRIAN PELLEGRINO
For me, Ether is the most profound experience of true dialogue. I love the way we listen to each other, challenge each other and constantly discover new aspects of the music. The commitment and energy we share is something I believe the audience can feel in our performances.
This idea of dialogue is at the heart of the way I approach music. I am always searching for compelling ways to engage with the audience and to create a sound that feels personal.
My curiosity has also led me to explore different instruments and approaches to music. After completing my classical studies with mentors such as Graciela Alías, Klára Würtz and Vivianne Cheng, I became particularly interested in historical keyboard instruments, studying fortepiano with Artem Belogurov and harpsichord with Siebe Henstra. I am also involved in teaching and piano technology, having trained in tuning, regulation and repair.
MARTA JIMENEZ RAMIREZ
I am the type of artist who doesn’t want to say no to anything, willing to experiment and try things out. I get inspired basically from everything : a painting that I love, a conversation that stays in my head, the shapes of the sea, the shadows. For me, art is continuously moving and changing, and so I want the art that I create to move too. I want to understand what shapes other artists, what shaped the artists of the past, and how the context of society affects them. I guess I treat art as I try to treat people: respectfully, and with an effort to get to know the deepest layers that make them what they are.
I want to connect with the public as equals. Nowadays, it is easy for classical music to create a separation or barrier between the audience and musicians, and I want to “break” this. I want to embrace people’s genuine reactions to music and make classical music more accessible and inclusive, especially for those who are often excluded from traditional concert spaces. My achievement will be to get the tools to be able to share music in such a way that society feels free and touched by it.
I can’t speak about my development as a musician without mentioning my family. I come from a family of musicians who shared their love and dedication to music with me from childhood. Thanks to my parents, I was brave enough to move to a completely different country at eighteen. In Germany, I met Viola de Hoog, who completely changed my vision of classical music and became like family. She opened the door to baroque cello and historical performance practice and helped me reshape my approach to music and my instrument. Octavie Dostaler-Lalonde also helped me trust myself and my own judgement.
I want to keep developing ways to bring music to vulnerable groups and create performances that include other forms of art and are deeply connected to the context of the composers and the period in which the music was written.
CAMILLE RABOT
What defines me as an artist is my will to take action around me every day and to express the things that preoccupy me. I want to use my art to offer people a moment of reflection, but also a moment to breathe and feel grateful. I hope they can go back home feeling touched and full of hope. It doesn’t matter which style of music I play; the message remains the same.
I am inspired by my mentors Tcha Limberger, Nora Germain and George Dumitriu, all jazz musicians who shaped the way I approach music, as well as Claire Bernard, who shaped me as a classical musician. Their different perspectives have helped me build my own way of understanding and expressing music.
About Ether, I have to say that my whole heart is engaged in this group. I have so much love for my friends, for the wonderful music we make together, and for the commitment we bring to our work. When I created this idea of concert, I thought about Marta and Adrian, at their talent and their will to take action in today’s society through art. I thought we can really offer this precious moment to the audience where they can travel, dream and reflect about life. What I particularly value is the way we are constantly discovering and developing our artistry together. This process makes us grow not only as musicians, but also as human beings.