“A triple header of virtuosity,” (Toronto Concert Reviews), Bedford Trio presents passionate  performances of contemporary and traditional repertoire, with a deep commitment to reshaping  the future of piano trio music through commissions and multidisciplinary artistic collaborations.  Based in Toronto, Bedford Trio was founded in 2016 and features award winning  instrumentalists Alessia Disimino (violin), Lucia Ticho (cello), and Jialiang Zhu (piano). The  Trio is the 2025-26 Artist in Residence at the University of Toronto (U of T), where they host  and adjudicate the Piano Trio Composition Competition as part of the U of T New Music  Festival, a position they have held since the Competition's inaugural edition in 2020. As the  adjudicators of the Competition, they have presented workshops and given world premieres of  pieces by numerous emerging composers. Bedford Trio is lauded for their IMMERSED project,  with its fourth edition underway, which highlights their dedication to multi-disciplinary  presentation of contemporary works written for the Trio, alongside captivating digital art,  lighting, and dance by Canadian young artists. Bedford Trio's annual concert series has received  support by the Toronto Arts Council, Ontario Arts Council, Ontario Government, and Canada  Council for the Arts, and frequently features guest instrumentalists, composers, and artists.  

 

Bedford Trio has performed in Canada, the United States, and Europe. Past notable appearances  include performing the Beethoven Triple Concerto with the Brampton Rose Orchestra at Roy  Thomson Hall (2024) as part of the Skyky Multicultural Learning Foundation’s Fundraising  Concert for the SickKids Hospital; featured ensemble in the joint project “New Techniques in  Global Collaboration in Musical Performance” between U of T and the Chinese University of  Hong Kong (2023); virtual season-opening gala concert of the Tartini Conservatory in Trieste,  Italy (2020), the Irene R. Miller Piano Trio Residency at U of T’s Faculty of Music under the  mentorship of Gryphon Trio (2018-2020), Chamber Music Fellowship at Toronto Summer  Music (2019), Career Development Residency at Ottawa Chamberfest also under the mentorship  of Gryphon Trio (2018). The Trio was a finalist in the 2018 Anton Rubinstein International  Chamber Music (Germany) and a semi-finalist in the 2019 Fischoff Chamber Music Competition  (USA). In the 2025-26 season, the Trio looks forward to performing the Beethoven Triple  Concerto again with the Rose Orchestra and presenting a self-produced concert series celebrating  music, digital art, and dance by Canadian emerging young artists.  

 

Bedford Trio is committed to commissioning and performing contemporary repertoire by both  established and emerging composers. Since 2018, the trio has been working with music students  at Earl Haig Secondary School, workshopping their pieces throughout the academic year and  performing them as part of the year-end showcase. The trio is dedicated to bringing live music  performance to a diverse audience and has given recitals in senior residences, community  centres, hospices, and hospitals across Ontario. In 2019-2020, the trio delivered sensory-friendly  concerts for autistic youth and their families and performed for adults with Alzheimer in  collaboration with the charity organization Xenia Concerts.  

 

To learn about Bedford Trio’s latest events, please visit bedfordtrio.com/concerts and follow  them on Instagram @bedford trio.