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​From September 25 until October 7 the Swiss Piano Trio will be on tour together with the Zurich Chamber Orchestra. In 6 concerts in Lima, Quito, Cordoba, Rosario, Buenos Aires and San Juan, the Swiss Piano Trio will perform the famous Triple Concerto by Beethoven. Immediately after the tour, this concerto will be recorded as part of Volume V of the Complete Works for Piano Trio by Beethoven, performed by the Swiss Piano Trio.

​The quarterly and annual awards of the German Record Critics' Award (PdSK) are sought-after prices in the German music scene. The winners of the quarterly awards are included in the Quarterly Critics' Choice ("Bestenliste") of the German Record Critics' Award. The lists recommend new releases which merit special attention for the quality of interpretation and for their value to the repertoire. These lists provide a candid picture of new releases which, in the jury's opinion, are of outstanding importance when judged on purely artistic and audiophile grounds.

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​​Two new CDs were introduced in one go by Franziska Pietsch, her Trio Lirico and pianist Detlev Eisinger on October 13th in Berlin: Prokofiev's Violin Concertos (DSO Berlin, Cristian Macelaru) and the String Trios and the Piano Quartett in A minor by Max Reger. The program of the Album Release Concert in the Maison de France included excerpts from the chamber music producion and - as a "representative" for Prokofievs Violin Concertos - his Violin Sonata No. 2.

In the animated discussion with presenter Michael Struck-Schloen (WDR, rbb), the musicians talked about their approach to the music of Max Reger, the potential of the format string trio, and the early beginnings of their ensemble. Franziska Pietsch also granted insight into her biography and shared details of her carrier as a shooting star in the GDR, the influence of the reprisals by the regime after her  father's escape to the West and her special relationship with the music of Prokofiev.

The audience of ca. 70 people followed the brilliant music performances and interviews with unabated interest up to the very end, and rewarded the artists and the presenter with long-lasting applause.

Today, the finalists for the International Classical Music Awards 2018 were published. audite is nominated with 12 productions!​

The Quartetto di Cremona is nominated for volumes 7 and 8 of the complete recording of Beethoven's String Quartets, the Mandelring Quartet for Brahms' String Sextets (with Roland Glassl, Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt).

Franziska Pietsch is nominated for her recording of Prokofiev's Violin Concertos (with DeutschesSymphonie-Orchester Berlin / Cristian Macelaru) and for her production with works for violin and piano by Szymanowski and Franck (with Detlev Eisinger, piano).

Marc Coppey received a nomination for his album with music for Cello and Orchestra by Dvořák (Cello Concerto & Klid) and Bloch (Schelomo), performed with the DSO Berlin and Kirill Karabits.

The Jacques Thibaud Trio is nominated for their recording of the Complete String Trios by Milhaud and Martinů, the Swiss Piano Trio for Vol. 4 of Beethoven's Complete Piano Trios.

In the Category Historical Recording, the following four audite productions were nominated:
Lucerne Festival Historic Performances, Vol. XI: Carl Schuricht
Nelson Freire plays Saint-Saëns' 2nd Piano Concerto and Works by Grieg & Liszt
The RIAS Amadeus Quartet Recordings Vol. V (Romanticism) and Vol. VI (Haydn).

The final results will be announced on January 18, 2018.The Award Ceremony and Gala concert will take place in Katowice on April 6,hosted by the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice.