Sparked by the match of their vibrant music making and their close friendship, pianist Martina Consonni, violinist Sarah Jégou-Sageman and cellist Anouchka Hack are joining forces in the newly founded Trio Clara.
All three amongst the outstanding musicians of the new generation, they are intuitively connected by their sparkling energy and sensitive musicianship. With their inaugural program, beginnings, featuring music by Leonard Bernstein and Fanny Mendelssohn as well as Brahms‘ first piano trio, they are celebrating the start of their union with music from the beginning of each composers journey to the piano trio repertoire. All three musicians being students or alumni of the Kronberg Academy, their inaugural concert takes place at the Bechstein hall of Kronberg´s Casals Forum.
Further upcoming performances bring the trio to Austria, Paris and Berlin.

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​French violinist Sarah Jégou-Sageman grew up in Paris where she began her musical education, studying in the Paris conservatory with Boris Garlitsky and Philippe Graffin, and then completed it in Berlin and the Kronberg Academy with Mihaela Martin. She has received advice and teaching from renowned musicians such as Daniel Barenboim, Leonidas Kavakos, Steven Isserlis, Janine Jansen, or recently, Alfred Brendel.
Laureate of numerous competitions, named "revelation ADAMI 2023”, she performs regularly in France and Europe, mainly as a soloist and chamber musician, but also with larger ensembles. Her regular chamber music partners include pianists Caroline Sageman and Rodolphe Menguy, but she has also shared the stage with artists such as François Salque, Gautier Capuçon, Frank Braley, Gary Hofmann or Sir András Schiff. She took part in many festivals and academies, notably Ozawa Academy in 2018, playing string quartet in Louis Vuitton fondation in Paris and Victoria Hall in Geneva, and under Seiji Ozawa’s direction in Japan, and the Polish-German Krzyzowa music festival in 2022, which culminated in a week-long tour of the two countries. In 2023, with Italian pianist Martina Consonni and Korean cellist Jeein You, she records a CD for Warner in the "Gautier Capuçon Foundation presents" collection and performs regularly with them since then. In the 2023/2024 season, as first violin of Sonoro Quartet, she performs in some of the most prestigious European venues such as the Musikverein in Vienna, Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie, or Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, as part of the ECHO rising stars series. The year 2024 has also seen her made her debut in Wigmore Hall in London with other young soloists of the Kronberg Academy and Enrico Pace, and in Dresden, playing Beethoven triple concerto with Gautier Capuçon, Martina Consonni and Dresden Philarmonic under the baton of Louis Langrée.
Sarah plays on a violin by Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume on loan from the Stretton Society. She is also supported by the Safran foundation and the fondation Gautier Capuçon.

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Italian pianist Martina Consonni, hailed for her innate musicality and profound sensitivity coupled with an exceptional instrumental technique and brilliance of sound, has established herself as one of the most promising young musicians of this generation.

​From her debut at the age of ten with the Bacau Philharmonic Orchestra, Martina has garnered international acclaim as both a soloist and chamber musician. Her performances have graced prestigious venues worldwide, including  the Berlin Philharmonie, Wigmore Hall and Royal Albert Hall in London, Alte Oper in Frankfurt, Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, Tonhalle Zürich, De Singel Antwerp, Shanghai Concert Hall, NCPA Mumbai, Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Parco della Musica in Rome, Filharmonia Narodowa in Warsaw, among others.

She's regular guest in international festivals, including Klavier Festival Ruhr, Lugano Musica, MiTo Settembremusica, Bologna Festival, Lingotto Musica, Kronberg Festival, Società dei Concerti in Milan, Rheingau Festival, Bad Kissinger Sommer.

Her love for chamber music, enriched by a strong natural aptitude, has led her to share the stage with great instrumentalists, including Gautier Capuçon, Steven Isserlis, Tabea Zimmermann, Enrico Dindo, Enrico Bronzi, Francesca Dego, Adrian Brendel, Francesco Dillon, Diyang Mei.

Her dedication to artistic excellence led her to collaborations with renowned conductors such as Louis Langrè, Anna Rakitina, Holly Choe, Ovidiu Balan, Marco Boni and with institutions such as Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Dresden Philarmonic, Bochum Symphoniker, Tonhalle Orchestra Zürich.

Martina's musical prowess has been acknowledged through numerous accolades, including over 55 grand prizes in international competitions such as the Muzio Clementi Competition and the Bruno Bettinelli Competition. Notably, she was honored with the Daniele Gay Prize for best young Italian talent and the prestigious Roscini-Padalino Prize by Perugia Musica Classica. She is a laureate of the Fondation Gautier Capuçon and she has won scholarships from the De Sono Association in Turin and the Freunde Junger Musiker Berlin. In the 2023-24 season, Martina was also hand-picked to take part in Sir András Schiff's 'Building Bridges' series, as well as the Classeek Ambassador Programme, receiving performance opportunities across internationally esteemed festivals and concert stages.

Martina's discography includes recordings for esteemed labels such as Warner Classic and independent ventures like Bartok Studio's Movimento Classical. Her latest disc, alongside violinist Sarah Jégou-Sageman and cellist Jeein You, received five star reviews, and is described by BBC Music Magazine as ‘outstanding’ with ‘luminous piano playing’.

Born in Como, Italy, Martina's musical journey began early. Her work culminated in her graduation with honors in piano at the age of fourteen. She pursued advanced studies under luminaries such as Enrico Pace, Arie Vardi and Andreas Schiff, earning multiple Master's degrees and an Artist Diploma from prestigious institutions like the Imola International Academy 'Incontri col Maestro', the Barenboim-Said Akademie in Berlin and the Kronberg Academy, where she recently finished her studies, generously funded by the Henle Scholarship endowed by the Horizon Foundation.

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German cellist Anouchka Hack (*1996), awarded the Prix Firmenich for the best young cellist at the Verbier Festival 2021 and the special prize of the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben at the German Music Competition 2023, is acclaimed by audience and press for her expressive sound and lively musicality. With a captivating stage presence and devoted interpretations, she convinces both as a soloist and in a Duo with her sister, pianist Katharina Hack as well as a sought-after chamber musician. Concert engagements have led her to play in halls like the Konzerthaus Vienna, Casals Forum Kronberg, Pierre Boulez Saal Berlin and Elbphilharmonie Hamburg.

As a soloist, she performs with orchestras such as the Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn (WKO), the Göttingen Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra, the Zagreb Soloists, Dortmunder Philharmoniker and the Brandenburg Symphony Orchestra; at Konzerthaus Dortmund, Anouchka Hack recently played Weinberg's Preludes, and at the Laeiszhalle Hamburg, Tchaikovsky's Rococo Variations.
Duo recitals with Katharina Hack have taken her to the Festspiele Mecklenburg- Vorpommern, the Beethovenhaus Bonn and the Laeiszhalle Hamburg, amongst many performances both in Germany and Europe.

The duo's debut album „Shostakovich“ was nominated for the Opus Klassik and the Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik. In October 2024, their second album "Alle Menschen werden Schwestern" is released in cooperation with Deutschlandfunk radio at the prestigious label Berlin Classics.

Together with her sister, Anouchka Hack is the artistic director of the meetMUSIC Festival in Draiflessen, Mettingen.
As a chamber musician, she can be heard in Estonia (National Concert Hall), Ireland (National Concert Hall), Italy, France (Fondation Vuitton), Argentina and Switzerland (Victoria Hall Geneva), with partners such as Tabea Zimmermann, Viviane Hagner, Antoine Tamestit and Daniel Müller-Schott; in the 2024/25 season Anouchka is performing with Gautier Capuçon at Wigmore Hall London and the Philharmonie Paris amongst other European venues.

In Germany, she is on tour in the 2024/25 season with her solo program „Inner Worlds“ as well as in a Duo with harpist Noelia Cotuna.

Anouchka Hack studied at the renowned Kronberg Academy with Frans Helmerson.
As a prizewinner of the German Musical Instrument Fund, she plays a Bartolomeo Tassini cello from 1769, and is supported as a scholarship holder by the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben.

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