On a balmy Adelaide summer’s night, post-Omicron, it was reassuring to see queues of people lining up for a Chamber music concert. It’s hard to go wrong with the masters Bach, Beethoven, Brahms and Bartok, and while the Virtuosi Trio didn’t deliver perfection, members Marta and Matej Sutora on violin and Adam Rybovic (piano) performed a generous program of Chamber favourites with considerable aplomb. The concert began with the most familiar piece in the program- Bach’s Double Concerto in D Minor Perhaps, it was because the concert started five minutes late, but the piano seemed to be galloping ahead of the violins in the early bars of the vivace. Things settled in the Adagio movement with strong enunciation from Matej Sutora in particular. I also would have liked to hear Ryboic’s left hand staccato more prominently in the final Allegro movement. While there were some stumbles in the Bach, Matej Sutora and Rybovic followed up with a fine flawless performance of Beethoven’s stately Romance for Violin in F Major, Opus 50. The tempo was perfect, the synergy noticeable and Sutora’s confident muscular tone was impressive. Tackling Brahms’ Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D Minor, Opus 77 ‘unplugged’ so to speak with just violin and piano was an ambitious move- even if it was just the adagio movement. While it was clear that Marta Sutora loves the piece and has a long history performing the work, the demands of the more difficult sections of the work proved taxing at times. Nevertheless, the audience appreciated the undoubted generosity of the attempt. The trio’s Eastern European heritage was evident in the final programmed item, Bartok’s Romanian dances where all concerned shone brightly and the audience was tapping its feet to the infectious rhythms. But there was more to come, a C in the form of Chopin’s Ballade No. 1 from Rybovic dedicated to his late Grandfather and Uncle in Slovakia and three short Shostakovich pieces for trio. Bravo to all concerned.