Luminaries: Piano Recital with Asher Armstrong

Join internationally celebrated pianist, Asher Armstrong, for an exciting program featuring works by Herz, Vaka, Schubert, Franck, and more.

Date: Tuesday, March 3
Time: 12:30 p.m.
Location: Tribute Communities Recital Hall
FREE ADMISSION

ASHER IAN ARMSTRONG
Described as “Powerful, big-boned” (American Record Guide) and “graceful, agile, and spontaneous” (Fanfare), pianist Asher Armstrong performs across Europe and North America, and has recorded three solo albums on Classical label Blue Griffin, including surveys of Brahms, Busoni transcriptions, and virtuoso late Romantic and 20th century works. Notable recent engagements include solo recital performances at the Penderecki Academy in Kraków, the Royal College of Music in London (UK), the Iceland University of the Arts, the Royal Conservatory of Music (Toronto), The University of Toronto’s New Music Festival, and as a concerto soloist with the Washington-Idaho Symphony Orchestra.

Armstrong is particularly interested in Late Romantic piano repertoire, and has given world premiere performances of works by the “Scriabinist” Varvara Gaigerova, whose unpublished Piano Sonata he discovered. This interest in neglected virtuoso music has also involved performances of large works by Kaprálová, Leginska, Fromm-Michaels, and Pejačević. Additionally, Armstrong is an advocate of new music, having worked closely with Tasmanian composer Dylan Sheridan in premieres of his piano and chamber works, as well as French-Canadian composer Alexandra Delgado, Latvian composer Dace Aperans, and Icelandic composer Veronique Vaka.