The Ahn Trio concluded its second trip to Eastern after performing a piece with the Eastern Symphony Orchestra Sunday.

The three sisters of the Ahn Trio, Lucia, Maria and Angella Ahn, first performed at Eastern in 2009 and they have performed in 30 different countries.

The Ahn Trio and the Eastern Symphony Orchestra began the concert by performing the first movement of “Hardware Concerto” written by composer Kenji Bunch.

Lucia Ahn, pianist of the group, said during the performance that the first movement is just a little sample of the concerto, and it is called “Hardware Concerto” because they have a lot of additional gear for the piece.

Greg Sainer, a senior communications studies major, said he really enjoyed the “Hardware Concerto” because he has always taken an interest in mixtures of music and that he would have liked to hear the rest of the concerto.

“I really liked the first piece because of the mixture of orchestra and percussion with electronic and everything combined with the Ahn Trio,” Sainer said.

Maria Ahn, cellist of the group, said they want to come back and perform the rest of the movements of the “Hardware Concerto” because the second and third movements are also beautiful.

“It was really exciting to perform with the orchestra because we love this community and city and Sergei (Pavlov), the conductor, had such amazing energy during the performance,” Maria Ahn said.

After the Ahn Trio performed with the Eastern Symphony Orchestra, they performed two other pieces, one of which was the ending piece of the trio’s concert Friday titled “Skyline.”

The Eastern Symphony Orchestra ended the concert with the performance of Ludwig van Beethoven’s “Sixth Symphony in F Major.”

Chris Hartz, a junior music education major, played the trombone in the Eastern Symphony Orchestra, and he said he would practice every day for the concert and enjoyed playing the fifth movement of Beethoven’s Sixth.

“We would have official practice about three days a week and run through certain sections at a time,” Hartz said.

Hartz said the Eastern Symphony Orchestra rehearsed the “Hardware Concerto” twice with the Ahn Trio.

“It was interesting to see an act of three sisters performing like they did with our own orchestra and they seemed to be really well rehearsed,” Sainer said.

Rachel Rodgers can be reached at 581-2812 or rjrodgers@eiu.edu.