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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)
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The Amatis Trio was founded in Amsterdam 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 in Amsterdam’s Grachtenfestival-Concours at the Royal Concertgebouw and the 1st prize at at the “Parkhouse Award” in London’s Wigmore hall- both venues that now invite them as regular performers and to which they returned in the 2018/19 season as ECHO (European Concert Hall Organization) Rising Stars.
Between 2016 - 2018 the Amatis Trio were selected by BBC Radio 3 for the BBC New Generation Artists scheme and in 2018 they were part of the Verbier Festival Academy in Switzerland.
The Amatis Trio today emerges as one of the leading piano trios among the new generation. Their commitment to new music, to education projects and bringing Western music to audiences less exposed has most recently led the Trio to undertaking tours in Indonesia and India; performing in Mumbai’s National Centre for the Performing Arts and teaching masterclasses.
Summer 2019 saw the Amatis Trio make their BBC Proms debut and with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Jamie Phillips at the 2019 Kings Lynn Festival. In an “Amatis Trio and Friends” programme they made their 2019 Edinburgh International Festival debut.
Rising Stars 2018/19
The 2019/20 season sees the Trio perform in Europe’s major concert halls including Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Wigmore Hall, Konzerthaus Dortmund, Philharmonie Cologne, Vienna’s Konzerthaus, Berlin Philharmonie and Philharmonie Paris amongst others. In addition to performances in many major concert halls in Europe the Trio makes a debut tour of Sweden and Turkey and is artist in residence at the University of Toronto, Canada in 2020. The trio was also appointed a faculty residency of Cambridge University for the 2019/20 season.
The Amatis Trio’s commitment to contemporary music led to the foundation in 2015 of the ‘Dutch Piano Trio Composition Prize’, encouraging young composers to expand the piano trio repertoire. The trio has commissioned and premiered 15 contemporary pieces since- most recently the piano trio “Moorlands”, by Swedish composer Andrea Tarrodi.
Since 2015 the trio has worked intensively with Wolfgang Redik (Vienna Piano Trio) and Rainer Schmidt (Hagen Quartet) and is currently enrolled in the Chamber Music Master Studies at the Hanns Eisler University in Berlin. The Trio is part of the European Chamber Music Academy. Other important musical influences include Hatto Beyerle, the Trio Jean Paul, Lukas Hagen, Fabio Bidini, Ilya Grubert, Anner Bylsma, Christian Schuster, Ib Hausmann, Imre Rohmann, Menahem Pressler and Sir András Schiff.
Other prize-winning accolades include the biggest chamber music prize of the Netherlands; the Kersjesprijs, the 2018 Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition, the 2015 International Parkhouse Competition at the Wigmore Hall, winners of the International Joseph Joachim Competition in Weimar, Germany as well as their nomination for the Dutch Classical Talent Award in 2015/2016.
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