Eggner Trio at Wigmore Hall London

Dvorak’s B flat Trio op. 21 was a performance of constant strength and purpose, beautiful certainly, but also forceful, commanding attention. The outer movements and the scherzo were filled with vigour, the Adagio had both simple reverie and intensity.

The Strad, Tim Homfray, 12/2015

Passionate music-making in Innsbruck

In the introducing Trio d minor op. 49 by Mendelssohn the artistic qualities of the Eggner already arose: passionate music-making in admirably precise tuning, with glowing intensity and a fine sense of sound.

Kronenzeitung Innsbruck, Franz Gratl, 16.04.2015

Eggner Trio with Amihai Grosz in New Zealand

The highlight of the evening was the Beethoven´s Piano Trio No 1 in D, op. 70, played with a huge vigour and a sense of fun combined with aggressive dynamic changes. The allegro vivace con brio and largo benefited from the performers´ brilliant attack and precision. The presto was a triumph of runaway devilry.

Marian Poole, Otago Daily Times, 25.09.2014

Dvořák´s Piano Quartet No. 2 in E flat, op. 87 with Amihai Grosz was full of folk rhythms and surging, modulating tunes, beautifully interwoven and expressive. Remarkable were the perfectly co-ordinated barely audible pizzicatos at the end of the melodic Lento. The energy and imagination of the musicians will never be forgotten.

Margot Hannigan, Nelson Mail, 23.09.2014

Enchanter of sonority

Their play (Haydn Trio in C Hob. XV: 21) - as the finale shows - is brimming over with virtousic playfulness and attention to detail. Perfect how their phrases match to those by Christoph Eggner on the piano, this proves an ensemble quality that is hard to achieve.

Münchner Merkur, Manfred Stanka, 19.03.2014

Breathtaking accurency

The three Eggner brothers give the music transparency, make musical expression literally visual and change masterly and without efforts from fortissimo to pianissimo, from adagio to an excessive presto. A chamber music evening that will be remembered by the audience.

Passauer Neue Presse, Peter Klewitz, 03.12.2013

Precise and transparent: CD Brahms/C. Schumann

Romantical-emotional the Brahms Trio C major can be heard very often. The three Eggner Trio instead simply dispense precision. Their instruments, among them a fine Bösendorfer piano set themselves apart from each other and make the structure of the piece hearable without any lack of passion.

KulturSPIEGEL, Johannes Saltzwedel, 4/2013

CD Brahms Trio op. 87 and Clara Schumann Trio

The new CD shows the top form of the three brothers: a piano trio in perfection evolves in Johannes Brahms' mature op. 78 in C Major from 1880, which obviously concentrates a lot of the harmonic and melodic ideas of Brahms' great orchestral works just like in a burning lens. The Eggners understand how to add a great amount of Viennese charm to the rough and unwieldy Northern German wind. The Trio op. 17 by Clara Schumann in contrary sounds considerably withdrawn. Melodic power does not need ostensible virtuosity, instead fine balanced structure. The Eggners work out all that precisely. Warm sound and swinging tension: The performers enjoy the refined Clara as well as the grim Brahms. The contrasts wonderfully complement each other.

Spiegel online, Werner Theurich, 23.03.2013

CD - Shostakovich Piano Trios / Ivan Eröd Piano Trio (Gramola Records)

Brilliantly the three brothers are performing in particular the Piano Trio op. 67 by Shostakovich. They emphasize on the control of the intrinsic emotional energies. They don't get rushed by the eruptions or the lyrical-dolorous string passages - which even amplifies the effect of the work, because all nuances are being made transparent. Iván Eröd's Piano Trio op. 21 released on CD for the first time, fits strikingly to the sound language of the Russian composer. And here as well, the young brothers interpret the work impressively aptly. A truly outstanding recording. Bravo!

Ensemble, 03/2009

Concert in Nottingham with Beethoven, Debussy and Arensky  

They match their playing in every last detail. Not, however, in a mechanical way, but with the joyful confidence that comes of deep familiarity with each other. It will surprise nobody who's seen them if they achieve the same renown as the Guarneri and Beaux Arts Trios.

Nottingham Evening Post, 11/2008

Recording with Beethoven trios: spawning new musical insights and contrasting emotions

The explosive start to op. 70 no. 1 sets the tone for the Eggner's intense, dramatic and strikingly detailed reading, combining first-class individual contributions with impeccable ensemble und unanimity of interpretative approach. The clarity of pianist Christoph's articulation is especially remarkable, as are also the colourful lyricism, warm tone and persuasive phrasing of this brothers' playing. All three combine to achieve that aura of timelessness that characterises the expressive central movement. The trio's playing is unfailingly perceptive throughout, spawning new musical insights and a wide range of contrasting emotions.

The Strad, 09/2008