Founded in 1998, the KINSKY TRIO PRAGUE is one of the outstanding Czech chamber ensembles. Since 2004 the Trio has had the honour of bearing the name ‘KINSKY’ by kind permission of the aristocratic Czech family from Kostelec nad Orlicí. The Kinsky’s were patrons of Beethoven.
The former name of this ensemble was “Martinů Collegium Praga”. The Trio studied at the Academy of Music in Prague under Václav Bernášek, cellist of the Kocian Quartet, has taken part in several master classes (e.g. with the Guarneri Trio and the Florestan Trio) and regularly consults with the famous Czech pianist Ivan Moravec and Pavel Hůla, first violinist of the Kocian Quartet.
They perform not only trios but also duos in various instrumental combinations and colaborate also with other instrumentalists. In 2007 the former pianist of the trio Vladimír Strnad was replaced by the pianist Slávka Pěchočová.

The Trio has given many successful concerts in the Czech Republic, they performed at the B. Martinů Festival in Prague in 2001, and was featured in the prestigious series of the Czech Philharmonic in 2002, 2003 and 2009. Their international career has taken them all over Europe (Austria, Germany, Spain, Belgium, England, France), the U.S., Canada, Mexico and the Seychelles… They regularly record for Czech Radio, and their concerts have also been broadcast in Mexico and the U.S. Since 2007 to 2009 the Kinsky Trio Prague gave an annual series of chamber concerts at the Stone Bell House, an historic inn on the Old Town Square in Prague.
In 2009 Kinsky Trio Prague recorded a CD with complete piano trios by Bohuslav Martinů for the French label Praga Digitals (distribution Harmonia Mundi). This CD has been warmly recommended by international music critics (Diapason, Gramophone, Classica, Harmonie etc.).

…The Kinsky Trio catch the spirit of both early sets very neatly in performances of great charm and dexterity. ...                                                                                                            Gramophone 10/2009

…Kinsky Trio Prague resurrects these admirable pages with a communicative verve at each moment. Its playing, brilliant, passionate, and sometimes bold, gives life to the notes. Under their fingers, Martinu’s music resembles a special expressive celebration, wherein light becomes palpable. Here is a recording of great beauty, in pure DSD, that should be acquired right away. …                                                                                                                           Opus HD e-magazine 2009

…The Kinsky Trio Prague performs these works idiomatically, with musical accuracy and effusive exuberance. …                                                                                  Audiophile Audition, November 2009

…Le choix du jeune Trio Kinsky de Prague, ensemble a la fois virtuose et pas encore trop typé, s‘ avere payant. …                                                                                                                Classica 7/2009

...Chez Praga, en voici l’intégralité (trois trios et «Bergerettes»)par le Kinsky Trio Prague,qui représente «la nouvelle et brillante génération des musiciens tcheques»....                                                                                                                     Tribune de Geneve 22.08.2009