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Kit Armstrong
Described by The
New York Times
as a “brilliant
pianist” who
combines “musical
maturity and youthful daring in his
exceptional playing,” Kit Armstrong
performs as a soloist with some of the
world’s most famous orchestras while
maintaining an active career as
a recitalist and composer.
This season Armstrong performs
with the Vienna Philharmonic, the
Staatskapelle Dresden, the NHK
Symphony Orchestra and the Mostly
Mozart Festival Orchestra and
continues his relationships with
Mario Venzago in performances
with Berner Sinfonieorchester,
Zürcher Kammerorchester and
Musikkollegium Winterthur. He also
appears with the Konzertahusorchester
Berlin, the Academy of St. Martin in
the Fields and the Aakademie für Alte
Musik Berlin.
Armstrong’s recitals take him
to the great European recital halls
including the Berlin Philharmonie,
Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie and
Laeiszhalle, the Konzerthaus
Berlin, the Konzerthaus Wien, the
Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, Théâtre
des Champs-Elysées and Wigmore
Hall. A Concertgebouw recital of the
works of Byrd, Sweelinck and Bull,
which are one of Armstrong’s central
interests, was released by Unitel as a
DVD: Bach’s Goldberg Variations and
its Predecessors (Instrumental Choice,
December 2017, BBC Music Magazine).
2016 saw Armstrong’s debut as an
organist in Trier’s historic Konstantin-
Basilika. In 2018, he performs organ
recitals at the Berlin Philharmonie and
the Kölner Philharmonie.
As artist-in-residence at some of
Europe’s most important festivals,
including the Mozartfest Würzburg
and the Musikkollegiu m Winterthur,
Armstrong enjoys the freedom to design
innovative programs. In 2018, as
Preisträger-in-Residence at the Festival
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Armstrong
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