First prize winner of the 2018 ARD Music Competition in Germany, Aoi Trio is the most celebrated piano trio from Japan. They open the SCMF 2024 Concert Series with a programme spanning the globe, from the earliest days of the piano trio as a chamber combination, to a contemporary trio by Toshio Hosokawa, that explores the world of shamanism, and closing with the most important works of the piano trio canon, Dvorak's Piano Trio No. 3, op.65.
Programme
Mozart
Piano Trio No.1, K.254
Toshio Hosokawa
Trio (2013)
Dvořák
Piano Trio No.3, Op. 65
Featuring
Aoi Trio
Kyoko Ogawa (violin)
Yu Ito (cello)
Kosuke Akimoto (piano)
Special thanks to MK Memorial, Japan for their support of this concert.
Post-Concert Chat
There will be a post-concert chat right after the concert with Festival Director Mervin Beng, festival artist Jonathan Ong and Kazumi W. Minoguchi, Professor at Tokyo University of the Arts and pioneer Programme Director of Suntory Chamber Music Academy.
All are invited to stay on for this 20-minute session.
Concert at Suntory Hall on 14th December 2018. (Photo credit: AOI Trio Facebook Page)