Track3

Track3

Taavi Orro, clarinet
Elijah Spies, viola
Shan-Chi Hsu, piano

Track3 is a clarinet-viola-piano trio dedicated to performing works of the 20th and 21st centuries. The name reflects three paths crossing: musicians from Taiwan, Estonia, and the USA whose distinct voices meet in a space of curiosity and exploration.

In June, the trio was awarded the Dwight and Ursula Mamlok Prize for Interpreters of Contemporary Music and made its debut at the Berlin Konzerthaus, for which the musicians were praised by Der Tagesspiegel for their “expressiveness and sonic sensitivity.” Other recent performance highlights include appearances at the Klangbrücken Festival in Hanover, the Voraushören concert series in Frankfurt, and the world premiere of Jesper Nordin’s Frozen Still Trio at the Magazin-Festival in Hanover.

Formed in 2024 with a shared desire to push the boundaries of its unusual instrumentation, Track3 collaborates closely with composers to realize new musical visions and explore fresh sonic possibilities. In 2025, Track3 was an Ensemble-in-Residence at the Impuls Festival in Graz, developing new works with three young composers under the mentorship of Clara Iannotta.

This fall, Track3 will premiere “Umbruch/Turning Point”, an interdisciplinary multimedia project highlighting composers from countries under the threat of fascism. The work, which received support from the Deutsche Orchester‑Stiftung, will be presented at the Unerhörte Musik concert series in Berlin, featuring premieres by composers Jinwook Jung, Alisa Kobzar, Po-Chien Liu, and Tianyu Zou. This season also marks Track3 making their Estonian debut, with performances at the AFEKT Festival.

The trio has worked with composers including Franck Bedrossian, Martón Illés, and Jesper Nordin and has received mentorship from members of Quatuor Diotima, Klangforum Wien and Ensemble Modern.

Track3 is committed to developing and commissioning new works that expand the repertoire for this instrumentation and bring together a wide range of compositional voices in programs that encourage innovation, reflection, and discovery.