A clarinet-violin-piano trio is a chamber musical ensemble made up of one clarinet, one violin, and one piano, or the name of a piece written for such a group.

The idea of a clarinet-violin-piano trio is relatively modern. An example of a clarinet-viola-piano trio existed several hundred years before the clarinet-violin-piano trio; Mozart composed his famous Kegelstatt Trio in the 18th century, and the Romantic composer Max Bruch composed a suite of eight pieces for this combination, as well as a double concerto for viola, clarinet, and orchestra. Many of these works can be (or already have been) transcribed for a clarinet-violin-piano trio. Most compositions for this arrangement were composed in the 20th century, including some atonal pieces.

Unlike a piano trio or a concerto, there is no standard form for a composition for a clarinet-violin-piano trio; a piece can have any number of movements, at any tempo, in any key.

Acoustically, the choice of a clarinet, violin, and piano is characteristic. Most chamber music (and most music in general) contains high (soprano), mid-range (alto/tenor), and low (bass/baritone) parts. Both a clarinet and a violin play relatively high-pitched parts, making for a less-balanced sound than a trio that contains a more possible range, such as a violin-cello-piano trio.

Composers of clarinet-violin-piano trios

(This is an incomplete list.)

• Joan Albert Amargós
• Béla Bartók
  • Contrasts for clarinet, violin, and piano (1938) Sz. 111, BB 116
• Alban Berg
  • Adagio, violin, clarinet and piano, arranged 1956 (arrangement of Kammerkonzert mvm 2)
• William Bolcom
  • Trio for clarinet, violin, and piano (1994)
• Donald Erb
  • Sunlit Peaks and Dark Valleys
• John Harbison
  • Variations (1982)
• Stephen Hartke
  • The Horse with the Lavender Eye (1997)
• Jeffrey Harrington
• Alan Hovhaness
  • Trio ‘'Lake Samish’', Op.415 (1988)
• Charles Ives
  • Largo for Violin, Clarinet and Piano (1934?)
• Aram Khachaturian
  • Trio for Clarinet, Violin and Piano (1932)
• Ernst Krenek
  • Trio, Op. 108 (1946)
• Edward Manukyan
  • Trio for clarinet, violin and piano (2007)
• Gian Carlo Menotti
  • Trio for Clarinet, Violin and Piano (1996)
• Darius Milhaud
  • Suite for clarinet, violin and piano, Op.157b (1936)
• Manel Ribera
• Rick Sowash
• Igor Stravinsky
  • L'histoire du soldat (1918)
• Johann Baptist Vanhal
  • Trio in E flat, Op. 20, No. 5

Current clarinet-violin-piano trio ensembles

(This is an incomplete list.)

• The Alegria Trio (Andrew Stainer, Zhanna Tonaganyan, William Cale)
• The Anatolian Trio (Matthew Jenetopulos, Daniel Liptak, Erberk Eryilmaz)
• The Zodiac Trio
• The Nordica Trio
• The Bellerive Trio
• The Pamina Trio
• The Verdehr Trio
• The Sapphire Trio
• The Strata Trio
• The Trio Aumage