Our trio takes its name from the Rosetta Stone, the artifact which unlocked the meaning of Egyptian hieroglyphs for the modern world. With our commitment to historical performance of all periods, we share a belief in the power of different musical languages, placed side by side, to unlock one another's meaning.

Since our group’s formation in 2006, we have toured in the US and Canada, presenting newly written music in dialogue with older styles and forms from our 5-century span of repertoire. Last season saw the Canadian premiere of Christopher Hossfeld's riveting string trio, “your eyes have their silence”, and we have recently commissioned a new work by American composer David Salvage.

We believe in approaching each piece of music on its own terms and have often travelled with multiple sets of historical bows – and even instruments – in order to recreate the different sound worlds of the music we play. We also frequently perform from memory, enjoying the emotional immediacy this restores to even the most distant of musical languages.

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