The Ibuki Trio have unique experiences as performers and have appeared in major halls around the world, winning competitions and playing as soloists and chamber musicians.

Ben Wragg notably won the Making Music Young Concert Artist Award, the Countess of Munster Award, the Jerwood Foundation Scholarship and the Concordia Foundation. He has been described as "technically and musically out of the ordinary" by the legendary Ruggiero Ricci.

Kan Tomiat won the Kendall Taylor Beethoven Prize, the Hopkinson Gold Medal and the Florestano Rossomandi International Piano Competition in Italy (2004). He has been described by Japanese press thus: "superb technical accomplishment and poetry ...stunning".

Laura Anstee has an interest in world music genres, notably Jewish Klezmer, Gypsy, Balkan and Latin music, which has greatly enriched her approach to music today. She was awarded the Herbert Walenn prize, Douglas Cameron prize, McEwen prize and Gwyneth George prize.