The Zalas Trio was founded in 2004 by Carlota Amargós, violin, Beatrix Graf, clarinet and Nikos Stavlas, piano, three students of the Royal College of Music, London. Their aspiration is to bring new compositions for this unique combination to the concert platform and make contemporary music accessible for a wider audience.

The group owes a lot to Kathron Sturrock, whose coaching and support has proved invaluable to their development as a chamber group. In addition to that, they have worked with renowned musicians such as Richard Hosford, Hartmut Rohde, Yonty Solomon and Mark Messenger. Their repertoire ranges from works of the early 20th century such as Milhaud..s Suite op.157b, Stravinsky's Soldier..s Tale and Bartók's Contrasts to contemporary pieces by Gian Carlo Menotti, Konstantinos Pantelidis, Joan Albert Amargós, who also wrote a piece especially for them, and others.

The Zalas Trio has performed in various venues in and around London, as well as in Spain, Greece and Italy. In 2007 they were invited by the Friends of the Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra to perform in the recently built "Palace" concert hall and appeared in Casa Elizalde's autumn concert series in Barcelona. Recent engagements include collaboration with the Granollers Chamber Orchestra, Spain, and appearances in festivals such as the Festival de Musica Brudieu in La Seu d'Urgell and the Festival de Cadaques.

Finally, the Zalas Trio gave its well-acclaimed Purcell Room debut concert in January 2009, as part of the Park Lane Group Young Artists New Year Series.