Lincoln Trio

The Lincoln Trio is a leading U.S. chamber ensemble with a notably diverse repertory featuring contemporary music and works from outside the western world. The Lincoln Trio was formed in 2003, and its members are violinist Desirée Ruhstrat, cellist David Cunliffe, and pianist Marta Aznavoorian. A win at the 2008 Master Players International Competition and a 2011 Young Performers Career Advancement Award bolstered the trio's growing career, as did a pair of album releases, In Eleanor's Words (featuring music by Stacy Garrop) and Notable Women. In 2013, the Lincoln Trio appeared on the album James Whitbourn: Annelies, which set texts from The Diary of Anne Frank. That album earned a Grammy Award nomination, as did the group's 2016 release Trios from Our Homelands. By the early 2020s, the trio had issued more than ten albums, including 2022's Trios from Contemporary Chicago.