Roger Owens, Lionel Handy and Adrian Adlam met at Winchester College in 2004 where they teach in the Music Department. All three musicians have wide experience performing both solo repertoire and chamber music.
Roger Owens has made several concerto appearances with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the Scottish National Orchestra.
Lionel Handy performs regularly as the principal cellist with the London Sinfonietta as well as being a professor at the Royal Academy of Music.
Adrian Adlam has been a guest leader of several major European Orchestras.

As a Trio they have given a highly successful radio broadcast from Berlin in 2005 which has led to invitations to perform in Spain in 2006 and Germany in 2007. A recent review described the Eluard Trio as “an outstanding combination of passion, musical depth and technical expertise”.

Roger Owens – piano
Described as “one of the most formidable talents to emerge from the Royal College of Music in recent years”, Roger Owens enjoys a busy career incorporating many facets of musical life. He has appeared as solo recitalist and concerto soloist at major venues throughout the British Isles including the Barbican, St John’s Smith Square, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Symphony Hall in Birmingham, Bridgewater Hall in Manchester and St. David’s Hall in Cardiff. Most recently he has performed Schumann’s Piano Concerto in Lowestoft and Northampton and Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto at the Barbican, London all with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2 at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall and Edinburgh’s Usher Hall with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra; and Grieg’s Piano Concerto at the Barbican with the London Concert Orchestra. His recent solo recital appearances include the Great Comp Festival, the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Winchester’s Theatre Royal, Theatr Mwldan in Cardiganshire and Turner Simms Hall in Southampton. He has just returned from chamber performances at the Freden International Music Festival, Germany and the Caprichos Musicales de Comillas, Spain as a member of the Eluard Piano Trio. Future appearances include a performance of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
Born in Pembrokeshire, he studied piano with the late Peter Gould, formerly Head of Music BBC Radio, and at the RCM with John Barstow. During a distinguished College career, from which he graduated with an M.Mus Degree in Performance Studies with Distinction (1994), he was presented with many of their most prestigious awards, including the Chappell and Tagore Gold Medals, and became the first recipient of the President Emerita Scholarship bequeathed by the late Queen Mother. Subsequent successes have included first prize at the Royal Over Seas League Piano Competition (1994), the Harriet Cohen Music Award (1996) and the Bryden Thomson Memorial Recital Prize at the Scottish International Piano Competition (1998).
His wide ranging repertoire includes the major works for solo piano along with contemporary music and he has been involved in several premieres of works by Alun Hoddinott. As a chamber musician he has performed in Prague, Vienna, Bonn, The Hague, Gibraltar and Japan. He has broadcast many times on British television and radio, most notably for BBC Radio 3 and Classic FM. His recent CD recording of Liszt’s Piano Music (Claudio) was received with critical acclaim.
Roger Owens is currently Head of Keyboard at Peter Symonds College, Winchester, where he is heavily involved in specialist chamber music preparation and performance. He is happily married to Johanna, has a son, Carwyn and daughter, Seren.

Adrian Adlam – violin
A highly versatile musician, Adrian Adlam combines careers as a performer, conductor and teacher. As a soloist and chamber musician he has performed throughout Europe, the USA and Japan. He has been invited to appear as leader with several European orchestras, including the London Symphony Orchestra and the Scottish BBC Symphony Orchestra in which he has collaborated with such distinguished musicians as Bernstein, Boulez, Mehta, Solti, Ozawa, Haitink, Davis and Tilson Thomas. His concerto performances have included the concerti by Tchaikovsky, Paganini, Mendelssohn, Bruch, Wienawski, Bach, Mozart and Vivaldi. He has received critical acclaim for his conducting and he has given frequent broadcasts for both radio and television.
His CD recordings have included major chamber music works. His recent recording of works for violin by Carl Nielsen received a Supersonic Award and his recording of the Schubert octet was voted Surround Sound Audio DVD of the Year in Germany.
As artistic director of the International Freden Music Festival in Germany he takes annual responsibility for the programming and commissioning of new works by some of our leading contemporary composers in addition to directing the performances and live broadcasts of the Festival Ensemble.
Forthcoming recordings include works by Spohr and Korngold. Married with two children he lives in Winchester where he is currently Head of Strings at Winchester College.

Lionel Handy – ’cello
Lionel Handy has established himself as one of the most versatile cellists of his generation, successfully combining a solo career with chamber music, teaching and orchestral playing which has taken him on tours all over the world. He was a scholarship student at the Royal Academy of Music where he won all the prizes for ‘cello and chamber music, including the prestigious Moir Carnegie Recital Diploma prize, and Principal’s prize. He was awarded the National Muriel Taylor Competition from Jacqueline du Pre, and with several important scholarship awards, he was able to continue his studies with Pierre Fournier in Geneva, and also Janos Starker in Canada. This was a particularly influential phase in his artistic development, inspired by the honesty and integrity of Fournier’s interpretations.
He has given several solo recitals at the Wigmore Hall and South Bank including British Premieres, and gives regular performances in festivals throughout the country. In 2001, he was invited to participate in the inaugural South African chamber music festival performing the Arpeggione Sonata, and recent foreign tours have included performances of sonatas by Brahms, Rachmaninov, Martinu and Britten. He was principal cellist with the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields for ten years, and as solo cellist with the Bournemouth Sonfonietta from 1995-1999, he gave many concerto performances with a repertoire ranging from C.P.E. Bach to Taverner. Since 1999 he has been invited to play guest principal cello with many orchestras, including the Philharmonia, London Symphony and Royal Philharmonic orchestras.
As a chamber musician, he has been invited to broadcast frequently on BBC Radio 3 and has made numerous commercial recordings. He is a member of the London Music Phoenix ensemble.
He teaches at the Royal Academy of Music, where he was awarded ARAM for professional distinction, in addition to summer schools in Denmark, Greece and Germany.
Lionel plays on a Venetian cello by Montagnana kindly loaned by the Poulton Family.