Three principal players of the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, one shared passion for chamber music: the Trio Goldberg brings together Liza Kerob, concertmaster, Federico Hood, principal viola, and Thierry Amadi, principal cello. The ensemble takes its name from its very first project, Bach’s Goldberg Variations in Dmitry Sitkovetsky’s transcription for string trio. From its earliest days, international critics hailed it as one of the most captivating string trios of its generation, and in 2019 it won the gold medal at the Vienna International Music Competition.

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For the Trio Goldberg, curiosity is second nature. From Bach to Schnittke, the trio loves to showcase great masterpieces and forgotten treasures of the repertoire alike, and its recordings bear this out. Following the Goldberg Variations on OPMC Classics, it recorded three albums for ARS Produktion: De l’Ombre à la Lumière, featuring Cras, Weinberg, Klein and Dohnányi; Paris-Moscou, a journey through Taneyev, Françaix, Kodály, Enescu and Krása; and a third devoted to Beethoven’s String Trios, Op. 9. These albums have earned a host of critical accolades, including the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik, 5 Diapasons, 5 stars from FonoForum and an Opus d’or, and the trio has been nominated for the OPUS KLASSIK and ICMA awards.

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The ensemble also delights in collaboration. With Jean Ferrandis, it recorded Mozart’s complete flute quartets, and with David Bismuth the album Mozart Akademie. It reunites with the pianist in November 2026 for an eagerly awaited new album on Alpha Classics devoted to Beethoven’s piano quartets. Equally committed to new music, the trio has had works dedicated to it by Nicolas Bacri, Alain Fourchotte, Françoise Choveaux and Lucio Amanti, and has recorded the chamber music of Swiss composer Thüring Bräm.

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The Trio Goldberg performs in France and abroad before an ever-growing audience. It has been applauded at the Salle Gaveau, the Salle Cortot, the Musée d’Orsay and the Opéra de Tours, and has been a guest of La Folle Journée de Nantes, the Festival de l’Orangerie de Sceaux, the Besançon International Music Festival, the Festival Mozart de Monaco and Marseille-Concerts. Its travels have also taken it to the Grandes Heures de Cluny, the Jeudis Musicaux de Royan, the Menton Festival and La Vague Classique in Six-Fours. Beyond France, it has won over audiences in Germany, Belgium, Italy and Greece, appeared at La Folle Journée in Yekaterinburg, and performed in Vienna, Linz, London, Budapest and Bratislava.