ABOUT US
“The Amatis Piano Trio is an outstanding ensemble on their way to establishing a great international career” - Prof. Daniel Hope (Beaux Arts Trio)
Photo by Marco Borggreve
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The Amatis Piano Trio was founded in 2014 by German violinist Lea Hausmann, British cellist Samuel Shepherd and Dutch/Chinese pianist Mengjie Han.
Only weeks after forming, the trio won the audience prize at the Grachtenfestival-Concours in Amsterdam, which quickly lead to their debut at the Royal Concertgebouw and concert engagements throughout the Netherlands. Winners of the 2015 International Parkhouse Award in Wigmore Hall, the trio went on to win several international prizes and competitions. Most recently they were awarded 1st trio at the International Joseph Joachim Competition in Weimar, Germany and named Dutch Classical Talent 2016. Soon after they were selected as BBC New Generation Artists 2016-2018.
The young, international trio has since emerged as one of the leading piano trios among the new generation, receiving enthusiastic responses from audiences and critics across the UK, Europe and Asia.
For the 2018/2019 season the trio has been selected as 'ECHO Rising Stars' by the European Concert Hall Organisation, following their nomination by the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, Konzerthaus Dortmund and the Philharmonie Cologne which will see them perform in 23 of the most prestigious concert venues throughout Europe.
Rising Stars 2018/19
The highlights of the last season include performances at Wigmore Hall, the Royal Concertgebouw Amsterdam, as well as concert tours to Hong Kong and Indonesia. The trio performs extensively throughout Europe, concertising in the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Sweden, France, Hungary, Norway, Italy, Portugal and Spain. Regular festival appearances include performances at the Salzburg Chamber Music Festival, Grachtenfestival Amsterdam, Festival de Monteléon, the Utrecht Chamber Music Festival, Trondheim Chamber Music Festival and the Wimbledon Music Festival. In summer 2018 the trio will be performing at the Verbier Festival Academy.
The Amatis Piano Trio is also committed to contemporary music and thus founded the ‘Dutch Piano Trio Composition Prize’ in 2015, encouraging young composers to further the piano trio repertoire.
Since 2015 they have worked intensively with Wolfgang Redik (Vienna Piano Trio) and Rainer Schmidt (Hagen Quartet) and are currently enrolled in the Piano Trio Master Studies at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg.
The Amatis Piano Trio is part of the European Chamber Music Academy since 2015. Further musical influences include Hatto Beyerle, the Trio Jean Paul, Lukas Hagen, Fabio Bidini, Ilya Grubert, Anner Bylsma, Christian Schuster, Ib Hausmann, Imre Rohmann and Menahem Pressler.
1st Prize Winners of the Parkhouse Award at Wigmore Hall, London 2015
International Joseph Joachim Chamber Music Competition, Weimar, Germany 2nd Prize Winner
Dutch Classical Talent
Tour and Award
2015/16
CONCERTS
2019
15 October, 19:30
Saisonkonzerte
Stiftung Mozarteum
Schwarzstraße 26
Salzburg, Austria
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23 October, 19:30
Amatis Trio in Istanbul
Albert Long Hall, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi
Istanbul, Turkey
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26 October, 15:00
Amatis Trio in Sweden
Hanebo församlingshem
Kilafors, Sweden
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27 October, 18:00
Amatis Trio in Sweden
Equmeniakyrkan
Söderhamn, Sweden
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28 October, 19:00
Amatis Trio in Sweden
Baptistkyrkan
Hudiksvall, Sweden
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29 October, 19:00
Amatis Trio in Sweden
Baptistkyrkan
Gävle, Sweden
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30 October, 19:00
Amatis Trio in Sweden
Västerås Konserthus
Västerås, Sweden
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23 November, 20:00
Amatis Trio & Ib Hausmann
Stadttheater
Schloßgasse 8
Aschaffenburg, Germany
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29 November, 19:30
Privatmusikverein Nürnberg
Meistersingerhalle
Münchener Straße 21
Nürnberg, Germany
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30 November, 21:00
Klapstuk
Kleine Zaal, Concertgebouw Amsterdam
Concertgebouwplein 10
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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5th of December- 22nd of December
Amatis in ASIA
Dubai-Singapore
2020
14th of January, 20:00
Young Classic Europe
European Parliamentary Association
76 allée de la Robertsau
Strasbourg, France
17th of January, 20:00
Edesche Concertzaal
Ede, The Netherlands
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20th of January, 19:30
Série jeunes, Tonhalle Zürich
Zahnradstraße 22
Zürich, Switzerland
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2nd of February, 11:00
Eisler Plus
Studiosaal
Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler
Charlottenstraße 55
Berlin, Germany
3rd of February, 12:00
Cambridge Residency Recital
Homerton College, University of Cambridge
Hills Road
Cambridge, United Kingdom
5th of February, 12:30
Lecture Recital Schumann Op. 110
KKS, Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler
Charlottenstraße 55
Berlin, Germany
17th – 29th of February
University of Toronto Faculty of Music
Irene R. Miller Piano Trio Residency
80 Queen’s Park
Toronto, Canada
5th of March, 13:00
Leicester International Music Festival
Victorian Art Gallery, New Walk Museum
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6th of March, 19:30
Prestwold Hall
Loughborough, Leicestershire
United Kingdom
7th of March, 19:30
Champs Hill
Coldwaltham, Pulborough,
West Sussex, United Kingdom
11th of March, 20:00
Opus Amadeus Chamber Music Festival
Yeldeğirmeni Sanat Concert Hall
Ískele Sk. No:43, Kadiköy
Istanbul, Turkey
13th of March, 19:30
Meisterkonzerte Würzburg
Hochschule für Musik
Hofstallstraße 6-8
Würzburg, Germany
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15th of March, 18:00
Konsertsaal Musikschule Menden
Untere Promenade 30
Menden, Germany
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16th of March, 20:30
Schiermonnikoog Festival
De Stag
Cultureel Centrum Schiermonnikoog
Langestreek 23
Schiermonnikoog, The Netherlands
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16th of April, 20:30
Teatro Sannazaro
Via Chiaia
Naples, Italy