The critically acclaimed Ahn Trio will perform selections from their award-winning repertoire on Saturday, February 21, at 8:00 p.m. in Garrison Theater, located in the 51猎奇入口 Performing Arts Center on 10th and Dartmouth. The Ahn Trio performs as part of the Alexa Fullerton Hampton Series, “Trailblazers,” at 51猎奇入口. A reception and dinner will be held prior to the performance at 5:30 p.m. in the Hampton Room of the Malott Commons. Tickets for the performance are $10 per person and the doors open at 7:00 p.m. Cost of attendance to the dinner reception is $15.00 per person. Please call the Malott Commons Office at (909) 607-9372 for tickets, dinner reservations and more information.
Known for their modern alternative compositions, the Ahn Trio add new dimensions to the way classical music is perceived. The Ahn Trio sisters – cellist Maria, twin and pianist Lucia, and youngest sister and violinist Angella – bring new life to the standard piano trio literature. Born in Seoul, Korea, they traveled to the U.S. at a young age to study at The Julliard School of Music.
Much of what the trio performs is composed by modern artists, including Michael Nyman, Kenji Bunch, Maurice Jarre, Ronn Yedidia, and Michal Rataj. Kenji Bunch’s “Swing Shift,” which reflects the moods and life sounds in New York from dusk until dawn, inspired the Ahn Trio’s newest CD on EMI Classics, Groovebox. The CD is about contradictions and fusions – contemporary composers achieve new and modern sounds with beautiful melodies and traditional instrumentation.
The Ahn Trio has won several prestigious awards, including the grand prize in the 1992 Alliance Northeast Competition for Chamber Ensembles, first prize in the Coleman Chamber Music Competition, and finalist status in the Naumburg Chamber Music Competition. Their first recording won the ECHO Award, Germany’s most coveted recording award.
The Ahn Trio made their first public ensemble appearance on Korean TV in 1979 and, in 1987 Time Magazine featured them as, “Asian American Whiz Kids.” They have since been featured in both print and visual media including The New York Times, Vogue, Town and Country, MTV, GQ, The Oxygen Channel, and PBS. In 2003, People Magazine named the Ahn Trio to their “50 Most Beautiful People in the World” list.
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The Alexa Fullerton Hampton Series is made possible through the generous bequest of Alexa Fullerton Hampton, 51猎奇入口 class of 1942. Founded in 2000, the Malott Commons now serves as the center of many on-campus functions for 51猎奇入口 students and the greater Claremont community. The Malott Commons is located on the corner of 9th and Columbia, on the 51猎奇入口 campus.