Press reviews
Z.E.N. Trio (Musica Viva Australia)
PUBLISHED: August,12 2022, Jo St Leon
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"As individual artists, each of the three was magnificent. As a trio they were transcendent."
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MUSICA VIVA AUSTRALIA PRESENTS Z.E.N TRIO @ CITY RECITAL HALL
PUBLISHED: August,23 2022, Paul Nolan
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"…Z.E.N. Trio drew us into their new-vogue intimacy for a firecracker final-movement finish to this trio…. I instantly craved a re-hearing of it or access to the recording. "
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‘Intimate disasters’ make for compelling music from this young group
PUBLISHED: August, 21 2022, Peter Mc Callum
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"…violinist Esther Yoo, cellist Narek Hakhnazaryan and pianist Zhang Zuo proved themselves intelligent yet intrepid explorers of the piano trio repertory."
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Trio shows off a dynamic precision
PUBLISHED: August,18 2022, Dante Costa
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“This was met with moments of interjecting silence that cushioned each section and gently nudged the audience as if to wake them from a trance and back to reality – it was truly remarkable.”
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The Telegraph
PUBLISHED: By Ivan Hewett, Classical Music Critic15 March 2021
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“The best classical CDs and DVDs of 2021 so far, from Simon Rattle to Clare Hammond.”
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Present Arts
PUBLISHED: Mar 10, 2021
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“…It is appropriate, in a way, that a disc which has music full of hidden or clouded meanings should have a title and be by artists with a name that is mildly baffling.”
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South Florida Classical Review (Miami)
PUBLISHED: October 31, 2019 Lawrence Budmen
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“…the players exhibited the musical intelligence and finely blended timbres of the best chamber groups.”
“For sheer edge-of-the-seat velocity and inner turmoil, the Z.E.N. Trio’s performance would be hard to surpass.”
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