Triángulo Trio – Individual biographies

Lloica Czackis (mezzo-soprano) was born in Germany and lived in Venezuela and Argentina. Having gained a British Council scholarship, she came to London and completed studies at the GSMD with Vera Rosza and David Pollard. In Buenos Aires she studied singing with Ana Sirulnik and also Choral Conducting at the Faculty of Music of the Argentine Catholic University. Lloica has performed a wide range of music from the Renaissance to avant-garde, often giving premières of works written especially for her voice. An active recitalist, her repertoire in oratorio includes Bach’s St John’s Passion and Vivaldi’s Magnificat, and in opera ‘Colomba’ in  Quentin Thomas´ Il Giardino degli Ucelli, ‘España’ and ‘Libia’ in Torrejón de Velazco´s La Púrpura de la Rosa and she also toured the USA singing in the chorus of Carmen with London City Opera.In Argentina she sang at the Salón Dorado of the Buenos Aires Town Hall, the Teatro Colón Foyer and La Scala de San Telmo. Her London concerts include Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, St Martin in the Fields, Conway Hall, Lauderdale House and Bolivar Hall. Lloica enjoys giving recitals on a particular theme, where she combines the traditional classical repertoire with folksongs, tango and jazz.

Katia Chornik (violin) born in Caracas in 1976, Katia began her studies at the Conservatoire Emil Friedman in Venezuela. She graduated from the Catholic University of Chile with distinctions. Katia has played with the National Youth Symphony Orchestra of Chile and the Cologne New Philharmonia Youth Orchestra, both as an orchestral member and as a soloist. In 1997 she became a member of the Santiago Philharmonic Orchestra. She has given recitals at the Teatro Municipal of Santiago, The Goethe Institute in London, The Chilean-American Institute, and the Catholic University in Chile. Her concerts in England include the Bolivar Hall, King's College London, Cambridge University, and the cathedrals of Brecon and Cardiff in Wales. She has given recitals organized by the Chilean Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Lisbon and Porto, Portugal, representing Chile in the celebrations of the International Year of Culture 2001. Katia has been awarded grants from The Friend's Corporation of the Teatro Municipal of Santiago, The Andes Foundation, The Presidential Grant of Chile and The Honour Grant of the Catholic University in Chile. At the Royal Academy of Music in London she was awarded The Cork Award, the Bloch Award and the second prize in the Wilfred Parry Competition.

Adriana Balboa (guitar) was born in Montevideo, Uruguay, and studied at the School of Music of the University of Uruguay. In 1994 she moved to Germany to continue her training at the ‘Hans Eisler’ School of Music in Berlin, where she lives today. Her extensive and multifaceted education was polished by numerous masterclasses in Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Germany and Spain, with, amongst others, Eduardo Fernández, Alvaro Pierri, Abel Carlevaro, Hubert Käppel, Hopkinson Smith and José Luis Rodrigo. Adriana gives concerts in Europe and South America and appears regularly at international guitar festivals. Her first solo CD, Sur, Music from the Río de la Plata, was released by ‘Acoustic Music Records’ in November 2000.