Concert Preview | Singapore Chamber Music Festival 2024: Aoi Trio
Photo credit: Kosuke Atsumi
By Aileen Tang | 4 January 2024
Jointly organised by re:Sound Collective and Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, the Singapore Chamber Music Festival (SCMF) celebrates the dynamic energy and intimate beauty of chamber music. This year, the SCMF also introduces the Chamber Music Academy, providing expert coaching and performance opportunities for selected amateur chamber groups of all ages and abilities.
Top musicians from the UK, USA, Japan and Singapore perform in a line-up of festival concerts from 27 January to 3 February, with the first being Japan’s Aoi Trio. Founded in 2016, the Aoi Trio – comprising Kyoko Ogawa (violin), Yu Ito (cello), and Kosuke Akimoto (piano) – was awarded the first prize in the 2018 ARD Music Competition in Munich, Germany. Aileen Tang has a chat with them and learns how three musicians with very different personalities spark musical chemistry.
