admitted to the Curtis Institute of Music at 11 and also studied math and chemistry at University of Pennsylvania; at 12, transferred to the Royal Academy of Music in London and, to continue his math ...

In the accelerated universe that is Kit Armstrong’s life, the 30-year-old former child prodigy who studied at several universities and institutions in the United States and Europe before the age of 12 ...

The nearest Kit Armstrong has ever come to visiting Scotland was the time he boarded the wrong train from Carlisle. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited ...

Parthenia, Movements: No 2, Pavan ‘Sir William Petre’ Kit Armstrong, Piano Parthenia, Movements: No 3, Galliard Kit Armstrong, Piano Parthenia, Movements: No 6 ...

For his DG debut, the pianist explores keyboard music from the Tudor age Kit Armstrong has recorded an album for DG of keyboard music by William Byrd and John Bull, under the title 'The Visionaries of ...

He started talking at nine months, reading the Wall Street Journal at three, playing piano at five and by ten he had composed 15 works including a symphony, had graduated from high school and was ...

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He has composed a "Chicken Sonata" for his two pet chickens. Professional orchestras perform his classical works. He's won awards for his performances and compositions in far parts of the world -- and ...

An intimate account of the relationship between young composer and pianist Kit Armstrong and the world renowned Alfred Brendel Set the Piano Stool on Fire captures both the creative process and ...