Omne trium perfectum

Willard Carter cello

Charlotte Saluste-Bridoux violin

Edgar Francis viola

Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco Capriccio No. 1

György Kurtág Signs, Games and Messages: Doloroso. Lento, Parlando

Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco Capriccio No. 6

György Kurtág Signs, Games and Messages: Calmo, Sognando (Ștefan Romașcanu in memoriam)

Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco Capriccio No. 8

György Kurtág Signs, Games and Messages: …féerie d’automne…

Carl Friedrich Abel Arpeggio in D Minor

JP Von Westhoff Imitatione delle Campane

Julien-François Zbinden La fête au village: Fanfare

Luigi Boccherini Trio in A Major, Op. 14

Krzysztof Penderecki String Trio

Interval

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Divertimento in Eflat major K 563

About Willard Carter

Willard began cello lessons at the age of four with Elizabeth Anderson. He joined Wells Cathedral School as a chorister at the age of eight and moved to the Purcell School in 2013 to study cello with Alexander Boyarsky. In 2016, he joined the Junior Department of the Royal College of Music for additional chamber music studies. In 2018, he began studying with Ivan Monighetti at the Escuela de Música Reina Sofía in Madrid, in 2023, he was a student at the Barenboim–Said Akademie with Frans Helmerson and from 2026 he is studying with Antje Weithaas in Berlin. 

Willard has played recitals at the Gstaad Menuhin Festival, Radio Classique Festival in Saint-Malo, Solsberg Festival and has performed on stages such as The Wigmore Hall, Buckingham Palace and Berlin Konzerthaus. Willard has performed and curated concerts at the Heidelberger Frühling Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, and the Gstaad New Year Festival.

In November 2025 Willard won the VP Opus Bank Award in Liechtenstein.

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About Charlotte Saluste-Bridoux 

Born in France, violinist Charlotte Saluste-Bridoux was the 2021 grand prize winner of the Young Classical Artists Trust (London) and Concert Aritsts Guild (New York) international auditions. Nominated as a 2022 ‘Rising Star’ by Classic FM, she made her debut with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in 2023 and City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in 2024.

In 2024 Charlotte became a member of the award-winning Chiaroscuro Quartet who perform on historical instruments, with whom she has numerous upcoming international performances

About Edgar Francis 

Welsh violist Edgar Francis leads an increasingly busy life as a chamber musician, orchestral principle and soloist. A 1st Prize at the 2021 Cecil Aronowitz International Competition kickstarted a rapidly growing career, and soon his debut album will be released on Champs Hill.

Chamber music has always been a passion of Edgar’s, taking him to festivals such as  IMS Prussia Cove Open Chamber Music, Lockenhaus, Ernen Chamber Music Plus, Yellowbarn, Festivalta, Mendelssohn on Mull and Peasmarsh Chamber Music Festival, sharing the stage with the Doric String Quartet, Anthony Marwood, Sheku-Kanneh Mason, Torleif Thedeen, Sitovetsky Trio, Alasdair Beatson and many more wonderful musicians. He also plays regularly with the Kaleidoscope Collective, a UK based chamber ensemble with a pool of international musicians who find the greatest joy playing together. Edgar also plays in Jackalope Ensemble alongside some of his closest friends.

Not liking to stay boxed in, Edgar also acts as principal viola of Sinfonia of London, a handpicked orchestra conducted by John Wilson. They regularly tour the UK, including the BBC Proms, and have recorded a number of award winning albums with Chandos. Edgar’s teachers have included Sheila Nelson, Hélène Clément and Silvia Simionescu alongside many masterclasses with the ever wonderful Nobuko Imai. Edgar is now studying in Basel with Claudio Martinez-Mehner.

Season supported by Margaret Polmear in memory of Andrew Polmear

In Association with Strings Attached