Aoi Trio makes a celebrated return to Suntory Hall’s Blue Rose

By Yawara Watanabe, 27 December 2018

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Reviewed at Suntory Hall: Blue Rose (Small Hall), Tokyo on 14 December 2018

Haydn, Piano Trio no. 27 in A flat major, Hob XV:14

Brahms, Piano Trio no. 1 in B major, Op.8

Schubert, Piano Trio no. 2 in E flat major, D.929

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Yawara Watanabe

Yawara Watanabe is a Tokyo based music writer with a special interest in chamber music. He has visited major international chamber music competitions all over the world, especially string quartets, and is now a member of a brain trust for the Osaka International Chamber Music Competition and Festa. He has also toured a lot with chamber music groups in Asian countries. His another interest is modern opera and he has worked as one of the writers for “Operas after WW2” published by the New National Theater Japan, Tokyo.