TrioFenix
Biography TrioFenix
TrioFenix
In 2006, Shirly Laub (violin), Tony Nys (viola) and Karel Steylaerts (cello) founded Tri- oFenix to bring to a wider public through concert performance the seldom-played repertoire for string trios.
As well as the great masterpieces, TrioFenix explore and perform lesser-known con- temporary works written in this genre. From the start, they have had the support of Klara(classical radio channel), the Flanders Festival, the Ostbelgian Festival and the Musiques en Ecrins Festival among many others. Their first CD was recorded in 2010 on the Fuga Libera label. The well-known Divertimento KV 563 and the six Adagio and Fugues KV 404a by W. A. Mozart became their musical calling card and a significant step for the Trio Fenix.
In 2012 they recorded the Serenades Opus 8 by Ludwig Van Beethoven and Opus 10 by Ernst Von Dohnany for the Belgian television channel Canvas.
Shirly Laub
studied violin at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Brussels with Clem- ens Quatacker and furthered her studies in Utrecht with Viktor Liberman and Philippe Hirschhorn. From 1998 to 2005 she was Co-Leader of the Royal Philharmonic Orches- tra in London. As Leader, she is regularly invited to play with various eminent orches- tras in Europe and Asia. As first violin of the Oxalys Ensemble she plays at the most
prestigious international venues.
She teaches violin at the Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles.
Tony Nys
studied at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Brussels with Clemens Quatacker and Philippe Hirshhorn. From 1998 to 2005 he played viola with the Danel Quartet with performances at several national and international festivals. Tony Nys has been Principal Viola since 2007 with the Theatre Royale de la Monnaie in Brussels. He teaches viola at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Brussels. He is a member of the Malibran string quartet.
Karel Steylaerts
studied the cello at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Brussels with Carlo Schmitz and at the Hochschule fur Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Cologne with Maria Kliegel. Soon after that he won the Tenuto competition. Since 2008 he has been Principal Cello with the Brussels Philharmonic .
He was a member of the Trondlin Pianoforte Trio with whom he performed at many national and international festivals. The many CDs they have recorded have received worldwide acclaim in the press. He teaches cello at the Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles.
