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Andrew Armstrong

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ANDREW ARMSTRONG, pianist
Friday, January 11 at 7 p.m.
Walker Hall, 50 DeForest Street

PROGRAM
Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor - Chopin
Claire de Lune - Debussy
Pictures at an Exhibition - Mussorgsky

Praised by critics for his passionate expression and dazzling technique, pianist Andrew Armstrong has delighted audiences around the world. He has performed solo recitals and appeared with orchestras in Asia, Europe, Latin America and the United States, including performances at Alice Tully Hall, Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, the Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatory and Warsaw's National Philharmonic. He has performed with such conductors as Peter Oundjian, Itzhak Perlman, and Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, and in chamber music with the Alexander, American, and Manhattan String Quartets, as a member of the Caramoor Virtuosi at the Caramoor International Music Festival, and as a member of the Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players in New York City.

Having performed over 35 concertos, Armstrong has impressed his international audiences with a large repertoire ranging from Bach to Babbit and beyond. Before beginning his career as a concert pianist, Armstrong received over 25 national and international First Prizes. In 1996, he was named Gilmore Young Artist. At the 1993 Van Cliburn Competition, where he was the youngest pianist entered, he received the Jury Discretionary Award. The New York Times wrote, "Armstrong may have been the most talented player in the competition....He's a real musician. We'll hear more from him." As the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported, Van Cliburn himself, "in a rare showing of enthusiasm for an individual competitor," called Mr. Armstrong "Fabulous! Fabulous!"
 
Andrew Armstrong’s debut CD, featuring Rachmaninov’s Second Piano Sonata and Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, was released in 2004 to critical acclaim. His follow-up CD was issued in 2007 on Cordelia Records and includes works by Chopin, Liszt, Debussy and the world premiere recording of Bielawa's Wait for piano & drone.

 

In addition to his many concerts, his performances are heard regularly on National Public Radio and WQXR, New York City's premier classical music station. For more information, visit andrewarmstrong.com.

 

The one-hour concert is free and open to the public. For other events in the Music For a While Series, visit taftschool.org/arts/concertseries


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