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Member Since8/18/2006
Band Websitehttp://ahntrio.com/
Band MembersLucia Ahn - piano

Angella Ahn - violin

Maria Ahn - cello

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The Ahn Trio with The Kin at Rockwood Music Hall, NYC playing This is Not America

Ahn Trio with The Kin Rehearsal at Edison Theater in St. Louis

Buy The Ahn Trio iTunes Festival: Live From London EP



Win free tickets to see the Ahn Trio at iTunes Festival: Live from London '08

See the Ahn Trio on Tuesday, July 29th at Koko in London (1a Camden High Street, NW1 7JE). Show starts at 8:00 PM.

LISTEN TO THE AHN TRIO'S LIVE LIVING ROOM CONCERT
that aired on ECHOS with host John Diliberto


echos.org

Magazine Spreads Performing "Sky life" by David Balakrishnan for Korean TV Film by Gabriel Judet-Weinshel "Dies Irie" Performed by Ahn Trio Composed by Kenji Bunch Ahn Trio with Tata Bojs at Angel Awards concert - Live on Czech TV
Record LabelSony Masterworks
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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Jul 18 2009 6:00P
Bazant Pohoda Festival solo Ahn Trio show Trencin, Slovakia
Jul 18 2009 9:00P
Bazant Pohoda Festival with Tata Bojs Trencin, Slovakia
Aug 23 2009 6:00P
Berg Theatre, special guest singer: Joana Zimmer Dinslaken, Germany
Sep 10 2009 8:00P
Juanita K. Hammons Hall Springfield, Missouri
Sep 18 2009 7:30P
Doudna Fine Arts Center Charleston, Illinois
Sep 24 2009 8:00P
Nomhard Hall Louisville, Kentucky
Sep 29 2009 8:00P
Texas A & M University, special guest, The Kin College Station, Texas
Oct 15 2009 7:00P
Wharton Center East Lansing, Michigan
Oct 17 2009 7:30P
Raue Center for the Arts Crystal Lake, Illinois
Oct 24 2009 8:00P
Alberta Bair Theater Billings, Montana
Nov 8 2009 4:00P
Lumber Center for Performing Arts Grayslake, Iowa
Nov 14 2009 7:00P
Kirtland Center For Performing Arts Roscommon, Michigan
Nov 23 2009 7:30P
Watergate Club with Juno a.k.a. Superdrive Berlin, Germany
Dec 2 2009 7:30P
Anderson Auditorium Storm Lake, Iowa
Dec 4 2009 8:00P
Art Center Of Iowa Western Community College Council Bluffs, Iowa
Jan 22 2010 8:00P
Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Sarasota, Florida
Jan 29 2010 8:00P
Bemidji State University Bemidji, Minnesota
Feb 12 2010 7:30P
Jensen Grand Concert Hall, Stephens Perf Arts Center with Idaho State Civic Symph. Pocatello, Idaho
Feb 17 2010 8:00P
Tillett Gardens St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands
Feb 27 2010 8:00P
University of FL, special guests: Welson Tremura and Larry Crook Gainesville, Florida
Mar 2 2010 8:00P
TBA Kodiak, Alaska
Mar 5 2010 8:00P
TBA Anchorage, Alaska
Mar 6 2010 8:00P
TBA Juneau, Alaska
Mar 8 2010 8:00P
TBA Haines, Alaska
Mar 20 2010 8:00P
Carver Community Cultural Center San Antonio, Texas
Apr 7 2010 7:30P
Emporia Granada Theatre Emporia, Kansas
Apr 9 2010 7:30P
McCain Auditorium, Kansas State University Manhattan, Kansas
Apr 12 2010 8:00P
Dixon Hall New Orleans, Louisiana
Apr 14 2010 8:00P
Tuckerman Hall Worcester, Massachusetts
May 15 2010 7:30P
Longwood Gardens Kennett Square, Pennsylvania

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   About Ahn Trio
AHN TRIO's TOP TEN MOST ASKED QUESTIONS answered from the past...

Q: How do you plan on making classical music more mainstream?

By remembering that it always has been mainstream. By remembering that Mozart was the Justin Timberlake of his time. Many classical music composers were so ahead of their time. For example, Debussy didn’t understand Stravinsky’s ā€œRite of Springā€ at its premiere performance. That once 'Sarabande' was banned because it was considered too sensual and erotic. We like classical music for its constant yearning for something newer, something more innovative, something more modern while we also love the wide range of its influences that are evident in its past literature. We should celebrate all aspects of classical music and not be afraid to break out of a box, because that was never part of what classical music is about.

Q: How would you like listeners to classify your music?

We don’t want anyone to classify our music. We would rather they simply love our music for what it is. Trying to define modern classical music is like trying to define modern art.

Q: What led you all down a musical path?

Lucia saw a piano in the kindergarten and begged our mother for a year if she could get piano lessons to learn to play the piano. Once she started Angella and Maria also wanted to learn to play an instrument, but not the same.

Q. Did you dream of becoming a Trio?

While we were all at Juilliard, we never imagined becoming the ā€œAhn Trio.ā€ You never dream of working with your sisters your whole life! Then the late great New York manager Harold Shaw signed us, and Chesky Records made our first album. And now we have our fifth album, ā€œLullaby for My Favorite Insomniacā€, with Sony. We always thought we may end up in three different continents doing three very different things musically, now we're only able to do that for vacations, sometimes! Because we tour all year together, we often joke that we're not keen on sharing anything with eachother except our music, our mother, stage and food.

Q: Were your parents musicians?

We don’t come from a family of musicians, but our parents were very much interested in the arts and took us to many concerts, exhibits and dance concerts. Our mother is a writer and our father is a businessman.

Q: Who were some of your influences growing up?

One always admires one’s parents. Ours lived through a war and its aftermath, knocked the dust off, stood up tall, and became successful people. Our mother in particular forged new pathways and opportunities for women in Korea, which took a great deal of courage and self-esteem. Some others:

Maria: Jacqueline du Pre and Rostropovich’s recordings and Myung Wha Chung, Yo Yo Ma, David Bowie, Modonna, Ryuichi Sakamoto.

Angella says that as a little girl, her personal musical hero was Kyung-Wha Chung and also David Oistrakh, Michael Rabin, Yehudi Menuhin, Stephane Grappelli.

Lucia: Rubinstein, Argerich, Glenn Gould, Radu Lupu and Keith Jarrett

Q: Explain your album, "Lullaby For My Favorite Insomniac"

ā€œlullabies fit for 21st Century insomniacs.ā€

Every century has its own distinctive style of classical music, and our album reflects classical music in the 21st Century which, of course, is influenced by all different types of music in this modern era. We live in New York City and can't help but be inspired by all the exciting new music and art around us. Incorporating these elements feels like an entirely organic progression to us. We don't purposely set out to be rebellious, musically.

Lullabies are traditionally very simple and beautiful melodies that are small yet powerful in their emotional content. A mother's love translated in a lullaby-her love for a child is incomparable. In every culture this element is the same. We started by choosing lullaby-worthy material and then did 'modern classical' treatments of them which for us meant creating something edgy but at the same time minimalistic since lullabies should always be simple. ā€œPrimarily our ingredients were our acoustic instruments with some very, very subtle electronica elements and a few non-classical singers.ā€

Lullaby for my Favorite Insomniac is ā€œa reflective yet impulsive albumā€, just a concept we wanted to explore, and it is very personal because it is the first album where we were involved in the whole production.

Q: Define each other in two words:

Pianist Lucia : true bohemian

Violinist Angella : charming spokesperson

Cellist Maria : quintessential artist

Q. Do you fight?

absolutely.

Q. Who wins?

We take turns. Each of us has time periods where one rules the other two and our dynamics constantly change in the group which makes it interesting.

Q. Favorite place where you have performed?

Hm, that's like asking us what would be our favorite dish in Korean food, it changes all the time. Too many to choose from,..Beijing, Istanbul, St. Louis, Prague, Carribbean Islands, Mexico, Sweden, Hawaii, Italy...we love them all. If the audience is great, it could be anywhere and we have a great experience.

Watch the CNN.com Feature on Lullaby for My Favorite Insomniac

Lullaby for My Favorite Insomniac is available In Stores & Online Now

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2-CD Deluxe Edition Available in Europe and Asia June 2008


Born in Seoul, Korea, and educated at Juilliard in New York City, the members of the Ahn Trio—sisters Maria, Lucia, and Angella—are redefining the art and architecture of chamber music, breathing new life into the standard piano-trio literature with commissioned works from visionary composers like Kenji Bunch, Maurice Jarre, and Michael Nyman. The trio’s latest CD, Lullaby for My Favorite Insomniac (recorded by their own label, L.A.M.P), is a showcase of this vibrant and original music.

Lucia, Angella, and Maria thrive on dissolving the barriers between art forms. They have fused their work with that of dancers, pop singers, DJ’s, painters, installation artists, photographers, lighting designers, ecologists, and even kite makers. Most recently, they performed live at the Czech Grammys with the Tata Bojs, and received critical acclaim for their collaborative project with the David Parsons Dance Company.

Possessing an enviable combination of talent and style, they have long been natural subjects for the international press. They made their magazine premiere very early on, in Time’s cover story, ā€œAsian American Whiz Kidsā€. They have gone on to frequent fashion pages of the likes of Vogue and GQ. In 2003, they were named three of People Magazine’s 50 Most Beautiful People.

The Ahn Trio is in high demand, performing and leading master classes and workshops across the United States and around the world. Wherever the Ahns go, they share their innovative spirit and ever-evolving vision of music.

Their first recording, of Ravel and Villa-Lobos trios, brought raves, such as Audio Magazine’s ā€œā€¦this is one of Ravel’s best and never better playedā€¦ā€, and the next, an EMI recording of trios by Dvorak, Suk, and Shostakovich, won Germany's prestigious ECHO Award. A 1997 MTV appearance on Bryan Adams' Unplugged program led to the development of Ahn-Plugged, which typifies the excitement and energy of the Ahn Trio. In recent, very exciting news, they have created their own label, L.A.M.P (Lucia Angella Maria Productions), to allow them greater freedom to further explore the new, cutting edge projects they have always pursued. It is precisely this vitality and commitment to innovation that has the Ahn Trio continually drawing new audiences to classical music.


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Ahn Trio's Friends Comments
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Gunnar&Nacho





Aug 24 2008 5:54 PM

Hi you 3! Thanks for the add & your support!!! Listening to your songs is a real pleasure - especially to "My funny Valentine" This is now my favourite instrumental version (beside the duet version of Frank "The voice" Sinatra & Lorrie Morgan)! Evryone outthere listen to your version,ouh!

All best from Germany,

Yours Gunnar
Piccola Accademia degli Specchi





Aug 31 2008 4:55 PM

Hi! Many compliments for your art. We also play "Yellow Beach" by Michael Nyman in concert (we discovered that score by a recording of yours). All the best,
PADS, Rome, Italy
Quintetto Frontiera





Sep 1 2008 8:22 AM

many compliments for the elegance you put through your beautiful music!
Espace Musical des Accates E.M.C.A.





Aug 5 2008 5:47 PM

merci d'etre nos amies
James Lentini





Jul 31 2008 2:46 PM

Lucia, Angella, and Maria--

I love your playing--perhaps we can get you to perform here at Miami University sometime-- Best, Jim Lentini
Ilya Dobrovitsky





Jul 25 2008 2:19 PM

Thank you for adding me. With admiration for your art,

Ilya
Aviv Quartet





Jul 23 2008 7:40 PM

hey - thanks so much for adding us!

best from the Aviv Q
Charles





Jul 18 2008 2:00 AM

Hi~~Thank U so much for the add!!
DARIO SILVERI





Jul 15 2008 4:16 PM

Beautiful Trio!
Love

Dario
Spark





Jul 10 2008 6:29 PM

Hi there,

thanks for the add! You have a great ensemble and I love the new CD!

Best wishes from Germany
Andrea from Spark
Tao Of Sound





Jul 9 2008 7:58 AM

Hey there! Hope all is well. Thanks for the add!
STAR HUSTLER





Jul 2 2008 10:56 PM

freakin rediculous music ladies

freakin rediculous
Evan Schwam





Jun 26 2008 3:48 PM

Your sound is refreshing.
Thanks for putting it out there for us to enjoy...Keep doing it!
Best of luck ladies,

Evan
Christoph Linke





May 15 2008 7:06 PM

Thanks for the friendship, very cool version of oblivion, habe a nice weekend, yours Christoph
Classical Jam





May 17 2008 10:42 PM

Hey Ahn Trio!

You guys keep it hot!

Best,
Classical Jam
Taku Hirano





May 20 2008 10:55 PM

Have a great Obama event! Wish I could make it.
Cyber Sancho





Apr 6 2008 8:39 AM

please come back to houston texas i love every bits and peaces of your music :)
BeLikeWater





Apr 10 2008 7:19 PM

I have Ahn Trio withdrawal... hope you are well.
By the way, your Highline show was amazing! See you soon:)
Jorge Sergio





May 6 2008 5:21 PM

Hello Lucia, Angella and Maria. Thanks for the add. I know your work "Lullaby for my favorite insomniac" and I need to say that is a wonderful Cd!!

Regards from Spain!

Jorge
Leaf 7





May 3 2008 7:31 AM

thank you for existing.

Leaf 7
-=Proud Mama=-





May 6 2008 4:04 PM

Thanks for adding me! I love your music.
I just bought your latest CD and I think it's the best album so far! Good work, girls!
JuliansFlight.com





Mar 27 2008 5:38 PM

Hi Ahn Trio -

Merci for friending back.
'love your arrangement of Astor's OBLIVION and the theme from The Piano is
played with great feel.

Your trio is absolutely inspired.

in music,
-Julian
Brandon





Mar 27 2008 7:44 PM

Hey Ladies,

An early congrats on the CD release show. I wish I could be there! I've been looking forward to this album for a while. I hope everything is well on your side of the Country!

-Brandon
Taku Hirano





Mar 12 2008 8:12 AM

Looking forward to the CD Release show!
Cathy





Feb 26 2008 12:35 PM

I have always wanted to see you gals live - I hope to be at the Mar 2nd show in Reston!

Cathy in Bethesda
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