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Inspired by the multicultural environment that Rotterdam has to offer and the bond that was created through years of studying together at Codarts Rotterdam, with main subject teachers Chris Leenders and Ramon Lormans, Kāna Trio was founded in 2020 by Hugo Pereira, João Sequeira (Portugal) and Rens Rutten (The Netherlands). The trio shares the common ambition to develop new perspectives in percussion, by connecting with other music styles and art disciplines, in order to push the boundaries of the chamber music concert. This relatively unusual setting is not yet well known to the general public, the amount of repertoire written for trio percussion is relatively small in contrast to quartet and duo. This prompts the trio to be creative and look for new ways to bridge the gap between the audience and a mix of classical arrangements and contemporary music.
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The young percussionists won the Grachtenfestival Conservatorium Concours in 2022. Frank van den Brink (chair of the jury) wrote:
“The jury was impressed by the mesmerizing, almost symbiotic interplay of the Kāna Trio. From the enormous color palette, which ranged from whisper-soft marimba noise to the most ominous jungle violence.”
In the same year, the trio won the Short Film Prize at the International Percussion Competition in Luxembourg, trio edition.
Inspired by the multicultural environment that Rotterdam has to offer and the bond that was created through years of studying together at Codarts Rotterdam, with main subject teachers Chris Leenders and Ramon Lormans, Kāna Trio was founded in 2020 by Hugo Pereira, João Sequeira (Portugal) and Rens Rutten (The Netherlands). The trio shares the common ambition to develop new perspectives in percussion, by connecting with other music styles and art disciplines, in order to push the boundaries of the chamber music concert. This relatively unusual setting is not yet well known to the general public, the amount of repertoire written for trio percussion is relatively small in contrast to quartet and duo. This prompts the trio to be creative and look for new ways to bridge the gap between the audience and a mix of classical arrangements and contemporary music.
After several performances and two concert tours in The Netherlands, and playing together in several larger ensembles, the trio concluded that there was a need for new music and projects.
With this in mind, the trio challenged some composers to write new repertoire for their setting, resulting in a work by the Dutch composer Friso van Wijck “Trio for Percussion” which was premiered in February 2022.
In 2023, another work, “Lost Luggage”, was commissioned with the support of Nationale Jeugdorkesten Nederland to the German composer Florian Magnus Maier, which was premiered at the Muziekzomer Gelderland (August 2023).
For the season 2024-2025, Kāna is preparing for the Dutch Classical Talent tour and finale with an entirely new project, involving also new commissions to composers active in the Netherlands.
