Audiences around the world respond with standing ovations to what critics call the “gusto” and “heart stopping mastery” of the Grammy-nominated Eroica Trio. Whether they are playing the great standards of the piano trio repertoire or daring contemporary works, the three women who make up this world-class chamber ensemble—violinist Adela Peña, pianist Erika Nickrenz and cellist Sara Sant'Ambrogio—electrify the concert stage with their combination of technical virtuosity, vivid artistic interpretation and contagious exuberance in performance. The Trio won the prestigious 1991 Naumburg Award, resulting in an acclaimed Lincoln Center debut and has since toured the United States, Europe and Asia.

The Eroica Trio is on the vanguard of a new generation of artists who are changing the face of classical music. One of the first all-female chamber ensembles to reach the top echelons of its field, the Eroica Trio is helping to break an age-old gender barrier.

The Trio took its name from Beethoven’s passionate Third Symphony. Italian for “heroic,” it is a word that reflects the ensemble’s approach to their art. As noted in The San Francisco Examiner, “It’s been decades since this country has produced a chamber music organization with this much passion.”

Meet the dynamic women of the Eroica Trio and the composer challenged to write a landmark concerto.

Hear some musical highlights from Eroica’s stellar repertoire.