TRIO ACCANTO

Trio Accanto was formed in 1994 and consists of Marcus Weiss (saxophone), Nicolas Hodges (piano) and Christian Dierstein (percussion). This group of three internationally prominent soloists bound together by a unique approach to chamber music has been praised for its "mastery" and "world-class interpretations". The scoring of saxophone, piano and percussion is common in jazz, but was a rarity in classical music (leading to the description "a jazz trio that does not play jazz") until Trio Accanto turned this situation around, stimulating close to one hundred composers to write new works over the years. Major figures such as Mark Andre, Georges Aperghis, Aldo Clementi, Michael Finnissy, Vinko Globokar, Georg Friedrich Haas, Toshio Hosokawa, Helmut Lachenmann, Brice Pauset, Rolf Riehm, Wolfgang Rihm, Rebecca Saunders, Salvatore Sciarrino, Martin Smolka, Christian Wolff and Walter Zimmermann have contributed to the trio's repertoire, along with a substantial list of younger composers from..