Andrew Armstrong
piano
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Andrew Armstrong has performed in solo recitals and as a soloist 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 conductors such 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. In the 2008/09 season, Mr. Armstrong will be the soloist in Mozart's Concerto K.488 at the Chautauqua Music Festival under the direction of Stefan Sanderling, before embracing Bartok's Piano Concerto No. 3 with both the Fairfax Symphony (Gregory Vajda conducting) and the Nashville Symphony under Günther Herbig. This summer, he will perform a pre-concert recital at the Mostly Mozart Festival in Avery Fisher Hall. Prior to launching his career as a concert pianist, Mr. Armstrong received over 25 national and international First Prizes. In 1996, he was named Gilmore Young Artist, and at the 1993 Van Cliburn Competition, where he was the youngest pianist entered, he received the Jury Discretionary Award. Mr. Armstrong's debut CD, featuring Rachmaninov's Second Piano Sonata and Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, was released in 2004. His follow-up CD was issued in November 2007 on Cordelia Records and includes works by Chopin, Liszt, Debussy, and the world premiere recording of Bielawa's 'Wait' for piano & drone. Mr. Armstrong is devoted to outreach programs and playing for children.
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