The Gould Piano Trio has been at the very forefront of chamber music life in this country and overseas for the past twenty years since winning the prestigious Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition. 

They play regularly at the leading concert halls in London and throughout the country and all the major Festivals. The superlative musicianship of the Gould Piano Trio sets the standard other ensembles seek to reach. They celebrated their Silver Jubilee as a trio early in 2017 with a special two concert programme at Wigmore Hall sharing the moment with their legions of loyal admirers.

Ilona Domnich, soprano, was born in St. Petersburg and has lived in London for many years. She studied at the Royal College of Music with the great Vera Rosza and has sung many leading roles including Magda in La rondine, Gilda in Rigoletta and Tatiana in Eugene Onegin. 

She sang all the heroines in Offenbach’s Les contes D’Hoffman, a rare tour de force which demonstrated her vocal and theatrical skills to the full. During the 2017/18 she will sing with the CBSO and give a recital with the Goulds in Leeds as well as sing Scheherazade in St. Petersburg. She gave the first performance of her cabaret one woman show in Bury Court Opera in the autumn of 2017.

Christopher was a choral scholar at Magdalen College, Oxford where he developed a passion for both performing and teaching.

This led to a life-long interest in history, music and art history. He has led countless tours all over the world covering many subjects and periods. He is equally at home in the ancient world as he is in the major art galleries of Europe. Christoher Monckton is also a professional musician and a distinguished organist.

"Performer, editor, composer and teacher, Simon Rowland-Jones has always led a very busy, all-embracing musical life. He was founder violist of the Chilingirian Quartet, in which he played for a total of ten years, and subsequently performed with many other leading chamber groups. 

His solo CDs, on the Meridian and Etcetera labels, include the first-ever complete version of the Bach Cello Suites on viola. Peters Edition published his viola transcription of the suites shortly after the recording was made and he then went on to make a new critical/performing edition of the Haydn String Quartets. His many works include pieces for viola, four string quartets, a string trio, a piano quartet, songs and ‘A Turn Outside’, a musical adaptation of a play by Stevie Smith commissioned by Dame Josephine Barstow. He teaches viola and chamber music at the Royal College of Music and is co-director of the North Norfolk Music Festival."