Recently founded by four of the most promising young period instrument players in Europe, Ensemble Diderot is already renowned for its lively virtuoso interpretations of 17th- and 18th- Century music, and is rapidly evolving into one of Europe's most ingenious chamber music groups.

Named after the brilliant, versatile, and prolific writer of the Enlightenment, Denis Diderot, the Ensemble devotes itself to the performance and research of the trio sonata repertoire in its original and most sonorous combination: two violins, harpsichord and cello.

The Ensemble's distinctive style has been clear since the very beginning: an intense masculine sound, great accuracy in phrasing and articulation, and the inspired and imaginative use of historical performance practice. All four members are specialists in playing period instruments, graduating from leading European colleges, including the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, the Schola Cantorum in Basel and the Paris Conservatoire.

Striving for excellence in performance and programming, their warm and spontaneous on-stage manner and their intelligent musicianship have already resulted in many invitations to give concert performances and workshops in the UK, France, Italy, Poland, Spain and Germany. CD projects include a new reading of the Leclair Sonatas op. 4 and lesser-known pieces by composers ranging from 17th Century Italy and England to CPE Bach and Gluck.

During the 2008/09 season Ensemble Diderot was resident Amilly, France, supported by 'Les Jardins d'Agrément' and at 'Aldeburgh Residencies' in Suffolk, UK where it gave an enthusiastically received performance at the Jubilee Hall.

2010 will see the Ensemble resident in Rheinsberg/Brandenburg at the castle of Friedrich The Great and Prince Henry of Prussia with six projects ranging from french and german trio sonatas to larger scale 'orchestral' programmes with Bach ouvertures and french baroque concertos.