Premiere Recording: An-lun Huang’s piano trios dazzlingly demonstrate that contemporary music in no way has to be accessible only to a sworn community of experts. With his skill this Chinese-Canadian composer combines the best traditions from several world regions to produce a euphonious and harmonious whole - and does so with great class.

The premiere ensemble for the Trio No.2 from 2015 lends this first recording a special measure of authenticity. As a composer and as a teacher An-lin Huang is sought after throughout the world. His Chinese Rhapsody No.2 marked the beginning of a breathtaking career: it was with this work that Huang’s fellow Chinese musician Lang Lang played his way to the first prize in the youth section of the legendary Tchaikovsky Competition. Music is a tradition in the master’s family: Huang’s father was one of Paul Hindemith’s last students at Yale.