The endlessly inventive Gryphon Trio has impressed international audiences and the press for more than thirty years with its highly refined, dynamic performances, and is widely recognized as one of the world’s preeminent piano trios. With a repertoire that ranges from the traditional to the contemporary and from European classicism to modern-day multimedia, the Gryphon’s commitment to tradition and innovation produces engaging concert experiences that define chamber music for the 21st century.

The Gryphon Trio’s 22 celebrated recordings on the Analekta, Ondine, and Naxos labels are an encyclopedia of works by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Dvorak, Lalo, Ravel, Clarke, Shostakovich, Piazzolla, as well as contemporary composers Valentin Silvestrov, Christos Hatzis, Kelly-Marie Murphy, Gary Kulesha, Brian Current, Alexina Louie, Chan Ka Nin, Jordan Pal, Andrew
Staniland and James Wright. Their Broken Hearts and Madmen release with vocalist Patricia O’Callaghan features favorite songs by Leonard Cohen, Nick Drake, and Laurie Anderson alongside traditional melodies from Mexico, Argentina, and Chile. The Trio’s recordings have earned numerous accolades and awards, including three Junos.

An ensemble-in-residence at Music Toronto for more than 25 years, the Gryphon Trio tours extensively throughout North America and Europe. Recent appearances include the Chamber Music Society of Detroit, Northwestern University, the Eastman School of Music, Tippet Rise, and Williams College.

Highlights of the 2026–27 season include *A Night at the Movies* at the Library of Congress, featuring live accompaniment to silent films with three new Library commissions, including music by Kathryn Bostic and Morgan Moss, alongside selections drawn from the Library’s collections. The ensemble also undertakes a March 2027 tour spanning communities throughout the eastern United States.

The Trio is also dedicated to pushing the boundaries of chamber music and has commissioned and premiered over one hundred new works from established and emerging composers around the world, and has collaborated on special projects with clarinetist James Campbell, actor Colin Fox, choreographer David Earle, vocal ensemble Nordic Voices, and a host of jazz luminaries at Lula Lounge, Toronto’s leading venue for jazz and world music. Their most ambitious undertaking to date is a ground-breaking multimedia, vocal and instrumental production of composer Christos Hatzis’s epic work Constantinople, which they have shared with audiences across North America and at the Royal Opera House in London.

Their most recent multimedia production Echo – Memories of the World was created in collaboration with an international group of Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists and features Indigenous singer Marion Newman, Indigenous actor čačumḥi Aaron Wells and the Gryphon Trio. Recounting experiences and stories from the lands now known as Canada, Norway, and Ukraine, Echo is a multimedia love letter to the richness of diverse cultural expressions, an emotionally charged exploration of history’s erasures, and a celebration of artists and knowledge keepers who defy
suppression to breathe life into enduring works of profound significance.

Deeply committed to the education of the next generations of audiences and performers alike, the Gryphon takes time out of their busy touring schedule to conduct master classes and workshops at universities and conservatories across North America. They are Artists-in-Residence at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Music where Parker also serves as Rupert E. Edwards Chair in Piano Performance
and Annalee Patipatanakoon is Professor of Violin and Chamber music.

The Trio’s flagship educational program Listen Up!, was launched in 2010 and now includes year-long residencies, a video series, and teacher training sessions. Listen Up! residencies take place over the course of a full school year and give elementary school students a hands-on opportunity to express themselves through poetry and music composition, visual arts and choral performance. Each residency culminates with a joint performance by the Gryphon Trio with the school choir. The much-publicized project began in Ontario and has taken place in 18 communities across Canada.