Repeat Performance by Ahn Trio

Maria, Lucia and Angella Ahn, otherwise known as The Ahn Trio, performed for the third time at Blair in the DuBois Theatre of Armstrong-Hipkins Center for the Arts in January. Presenting almost a hundred concerts annually, the Ahn Trio has appeared at such venues as Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall, Carnegie’s Weill Hall, Chicago’s Ravinia, Singapore’s Victoria Concert Hall and Moscow’s Tchaikovsky Hall. In addition to their evening concert at Blair, the Ahn Trio gave a master class demonstration and lecture to the String Ensemble earlier that morning in Chesnutt Chapel (as pictured).

“Our main goal is to add people to our audiences, people who normally would not go to classical concerts,” explained violinist Angella. Born in Seoul, Korea, the Juilliard-trained sisters breathed 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, Groovebox (EMI Classics), is a showcase of this vibrant music.

The Bartow Series, funded from an endowment, was set up in memory of Nevett Bartow. Nevett was a student and later a music instructor and choral director at Blair in the 1960s and early 70s. He died in 1973 from leukemia at the age of 39, leaving a remarkable legacy, both in his music and in the memories and affections of his students and friends. The goal of the Bartow Series is to bring a broad range of performing arts to the Blair community at large, thereby heightening its appreciation for all forms of art.

Posted 2/2/07

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