"A 'brilliant pianist' who combines 'musical maturity and youthful daring in his exceptional playing'" - New York Times

 

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. Born in 1992, “Armstrong, the amazement-causing artist who can only be described as a musical phenomenon” (Süddeutsche Zeitung) appears today at major international venues such as the Vienna Musikverein, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Berlin Philharmonie, Hamburg Elbphilharmonie, NHK Hall Tokyo and Palais des Beaux-Arts Brussels.

 

At 10 he had composed more than 15 works, graduated from Los Alamitos High School. He has studied mathematics and science at university level (at the University of Utah) since the age of 7 and has participated in MIT’s well known Research Science Institute. At 12 he studied at the Curtis Institute of Music (with Claude Frank).

 

 

Joseph Haydn: Fantasie in C Major，Hob.XVII：NO.4

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:Sonata No. 11 in A major, K331

Joseph Haydn: Sonata in C major，Hob.XVI：No.50

 

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J.S.Bach:Prelude and Fugue in C Major，BWV846

J.S.Bach:Prelude and Fugue in E Minor，BWV855

J.S.Bach:Prelude and Fugue in G Major，BWV860

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Fantasia In F Minor，K608

Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.30 in E major, Op.109