Trio Zadig

United by a shared vision of music and a deep friendship, the musicians of the Zadig Trio are distinguished by the intensity and sincerity of their playing. Winners of eleven international prizes, the trio combines virtuosity, elegance and a keen sense of colour and balance. Menahem Pressler, pianist with the Beaux Arts Trio, spoke of ‘a marvellous trio’ and ‘the very best being played today’, bringing together ‘three extraordinarily gifted instrumentalists who are, at the same time, true musicians constantly in search of something new’.

The trio recently released *The Mendelssohn Legacy* on the Naïve label, a double album dedicated to Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn, as well as Piazzolla’s *The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires*, in digital format. These recordings follow on from the critically acclaimed *Something in Between* and *Orpheus*.

The Zadig Trio won the Fnapec ‘Musiques d’Ensemble’ First Prize, previously awarded to the Ysaÿe Quartet, the Ébène Quartet and the Wanderer Trio, which recognised the Zadig Trio’s ‘superb artistic and technical qualities’. It is an associate artist of the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel, the Singer-Polignac Foundation and the Villecroze Music Academy, and its work with Alfred Brendel has profoundly shaped its musical maturity. He has performed from the United States to Taiwan, in venues such as Wigmore Hall in London, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, BOZAR and Flagey in Brussels, the Philharmonie de Paris, and the Shanghai City Theatre or the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles.

Violinist Miclen LaiPang, described by The New York Times as “a force to be reckoned with,” brings his energy and experience—honed on stages around the world—to the ensemble. Cellist Marc Girard Garcia, a graduate of the Paris Conservatory (CNSM), makes his instrument “the heart of the music,” according to the Dutch daily NRC. Pianist Guillaume Vincent, a winner of the Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition, is praised by Diapason for his “exemplary clarity.”

The trio’s repertoire ranges from Haydn to contemporary composers, and they approach each work with a perspective that is at once poetic, daring, and sincere. Its name, borrowed from Voltaire’s hero—a symbol of justice and truth—aptly reflects the high standards that guide its interpretations.

Committed to bringing music beyond concert halls, the Zadig Trio regularly performs in schools, hospitals, and prisons.

Miclen LaiPang plays the “Charles Castleman” violin by Antonio Stradivarius, ca. 1707, generously on loan from the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel, with a bow by Dominique Peccatte. Marc Girard Garcia plays a cello by Franck Ravatin, generously loaned by the El Pasito association, with a bow by Victor Fétique on loan from the Boubo-Music Foundation. 

ZADIG TRIO
Guillaume Vincent, piano
Miclen LaiPang, violin 
Marc Girard-Garcia, cello 

October 2026