Only five times in history has the ARD international music competition in Munich awarded the first prize to a piano trio. Aoi Trio won this prestigious first prize in 2018, which made an illustrious start to their international career.
Aoi Trio was founded in 2016 by Kyoko Ogawa (violin), Yu Ito (cello), and Kosuke Akimoto (piano), all of whom graduated from the Tokyo University of the Arts and studied at the renowned Chamber Music Academy of Suntory Hall (Tokyo) for 2 years. After winning at ARD competition, they continued studying under Dirk Mommertz (Fauré Quartett) at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich.
Aoi Trio appears at more than 20 concerts every year at major venues not only in Japan but Germany, Italy, France, the Czech Republic, and Singapore. Recent highlight includes the collaboration with Sapporo Symphony Orchestra and orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa for Beethoven's triple concerto and with Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra Casella's triple concerto.
Aoi Trio has released recordings of Haydn No. 27, Schubert No. 2, Beethoven No. 1, Mendelssohn No. 2, Martinu No. 1, Dvořák No. 3, Schumann No. 1, Schubert No. 1, Schumann No. 2, “Beethoven No. 2, 4 and 6, all of which have received great critical acclaim. They received the Aoyama Music Award, Nippon Steel Music Award, Hotel Okura Music Award and Music Pen Club Award.
“Aoi” refers to the initial letters of their individual family names and is also the name of a flower in the Japanese language, which is commonly known as 'hollyhock' in Europe and symbolizes “aspiration” or “fruitfulness.”
The trio will be performing in their MACC concert the following:
Beethoven: Piano Trio No. 5 in D major op. 70-1
Toshio Hosokawa: Trio (2013)
Dvořák: Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor op. 90
(program subject to change)
This programming/project is supported in part by Creative West and the National Endowment for the Arts.
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