World Travelers and Musicians, The Ahn Trio, Perform at Maureen Stapleton Theatre
Thursday, March 8, HVCC students saw a musical performance by the Ahn Trio. The Stapleton Theatre echoed the music of Angella, who played the violin, and the twins Lucia and Maria on the piano and the cello, respectively.
This trio has been playing around the world and has performed in many places across the US. They were invited to the White House for a dinner with the President last October. The audience was entertained by the solid choice of music played by the Trio. One audience member, Donna Francis, said, “I usually don’t hear professional in such an intimate setting. I love hearing sounds each instrument produces. I …always want to hear just individual instruments.”
Referring to their world tour experiences, Angella, the youngest of the three, said, “Every place is different and every audience we connect [with] is different; and it’s not even so much about where, as much as how, [we do] connect… we’ve gotten to do extraordinary things because we’re a trio and we don’t take it for granted.”
Zachary Pearson, a student majoring in Engineering and CADD, said the performance “brought a modern flavor to classic chamber music,” and that, “It would be nice to have two performances so that more students could attend.” Angella said the trio’s musical inspirations are, “Absolutely everything; I am inspired by us sisters, we are inspired by books I read, by great musicians that I listen to.
The Trio is based in New York City but I live in Bozeman, Montana and that’s a huge inspiration; the sky and the mountains and nature.” “All three of us greatly value our mom… she is probably the strongest, most loving supportive mom. Our free-creative energy comes from her,” Angella added. “For some reason, we were all passionate about [music] from a really young age, but we’re sisters where you don’t dream with working with them. Actually, when we went to music, we weren’t sure we wanted to do music together,” said Angella. “We went to Julliard for many years.” “The movement of them intrigued you to listen more; their skills on the instruments are fantastic. … Ahn Trio was entertaining; glad my music professor recommended them,” said Andrew Gonzalez, a senior majoring in Liberal Arts. “It was very exciting and motivating the way they brought together classical, jazz, and blue grass music,” said Colin Kelly, a freshman majoring in Architecture. Angella had some final advice for students: “Find things you absolutely are passionate about or inspired by and go for them.”
Their latest CD is available. Check their website at www. ahntrio.com.