2015

Jan Feb Mar April May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec

Friday, January 16, 7:00PM



Saint Apkar Armenian Apostolic Church of Arizona
presents

SAYAT-NOVA: SONGS OF MY ANCESTORS WITH ARMEN DONELIAN SOLO PIANO
(On Sunnyside Records)

Pianist/Composer Armen Donelian...

...Extraordinary. Although Donelian is respectful of the original melodies, he also appears largely unbound by the constraints of any particular musical approach, using the spare frame of Sayat-Nova’s compositions more as a compass than a map. His expansive improvisations occupy a beautifully elusive place somewhere between the taciturn introspection of Erik Satie’s Gnossiennes, the modal lamentations of John Zorn’s Masada songbook and the genial invention of Art Tatum’s solo recordings. There are countless exquisite moments to be found within these nine extended meditations. – Downbeat (July 2014)

Saint Apkar Armenian Apostolic Church of Arizona

8849 East Cholla Street
Scottsdale, AZ 85260
(480) 451-8171
saintapkar.com

Reception and CD Signing following the concert
Admission: $30
Advance Ticket Reservations Strongly Recommended - BUY NOW: Call Hoory Dikranian (602) 466-2760 or Jane Allie (480) 657-9100

Tuesday, January 20, 8:00PM



Tucson Jazz Festival
and Udall Law Firm LLP
present

AN EVENING OF JAZZ PIANO WITH ARMEN DONELIAN
(On Sunnyside Records)

Pianist/Composer Armen Donelian...

...has had an enviable 40-year career. Donelian apprenticed with a series of jazz giants starting in 1975 with Mongo Santamaria, where he presided over the piano chair once filled by Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea. Two years later, Sonny Rollins recruited him as a sideman for several tours. Donelian has consistently explored his Armenian roots in his music and recorded for several labels with the Middle Eastern jazz ensemble Night Ark and he co-produced (with producer George Avakian) Listen to My Heart, a collection of jazz interpretations of Armenian folk songs with vocalist Datevik Hovanesian.

Tucson Jazz Festival

Arizona Inn Tucson Room
2200 Elm Street
Tucson, AZ 85719
(800) 933-1093
arizonainn.com

Doors open at 7:30PM
Reception and CD Signing following the concert
Admission: VIP $50, Standard $30
Advance Ticket Reservations Strongly Recommended - BUY NOW: peatix.com (10% online discount when you share this event during checkout).
By mail: Tucson Jazz Festival Account, 33 South Fifth Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85701
For further information: (520) 428-4853 or tucsonjazzfest@gmail.com.

Saturday, February 14, 9:30AM

Anton Bruckner Institute
of the Vienna University for Music and Performing Arts

2nd Symposium for Musicology
Topic: Ear Training

GUEST SPEAKER ARMEN DONELIAN
Topic: EAR LANGUAGE

Pianist/Composer Armen Donelian, Author of Training the Ear, with ear training students at William Paterson University in 1993

Training the Ear is the most clearly organized and comprehensive package of its type. - Lewis Porter, Rutgers Annual Review of Jazz Studies (1992)

Vienna University of Music and Performing Arts

Rennweg 8
Vienna 1030, Austria
Information: Contact Christa Perchy (43) 1 711/55-4801 or perschy@mdw.ac.at
mdw.ac.at

Tuesday-Wednesday, February 17-18 and February 24-25
Zurich University of the Arts
Academic Exchange

GUEST FACULTY ARMEN DONELIAN

Pianist/Composer Armen Donelian as a 2005 Fulbright Senior Specialist with piano students of the Zurich University of the Arts

Zurich University of the Arts

Department of Music
Toni-Areal, Pfingsweidstrasse 96
Postfach CH-8031
Zurich, Switzerland
(41) 43/446-5070
zhdk.ch

Friday, February 20, 9:00PM
Mehrspur Musikklub
presents

ARMEN DONELIAN SWISS TRIO

(l-r, 2008) Pianist/Composer Armen Donelian with Swiss musicians Pius Baschnagel, drums, and Raetus Flisch, bass

For three decades, the New York/Armenian pianist, composer, bandleader, educator, and author Armen Donelian has provided welcome relief from the clichés of jazz pianism plaguing our era. Indeed, Donelian’s piano playing reveals a masterful command rooted in classical and jazz studies, clean articulation, a deft, swinging touch, access to a broad dynamic spectrum, a virtuosic harmonic vocabulary and a boundless source of creative ideas. Along with his all-encompassing compositional genius, Donelian spans American and European improvisational, classical and folk idioms. - Without force or persuasion, he invites the listeners to join him in personal and reflective explorations. (Greenfield Recorder) – A pianist with a crystalline touch and a penchant for avant gardism. (New York Times) - Donelian has quietly created a body of work that at the very least is consistent, at best exhilarating. (All About Jazz)

Forrlibuckstrasse 109
8005 Zurich, Switzerland
+41 (43) 446-5076
mehrspur.ch

Tuesay, March 3, 8:30PM


Verein Innenhofkultur | Raj
presents

ARMEN DONELIAN / MICHAEL ERIAN QUARTET

(l-r, 2010) Pianist/Composer Armen Donelian with Austrian musicians Uli Langthaler, bass, Michael Erian, saxophone and Mario Gonzi, drums

Armen Donelian and Michael Erian co-lead a quartet with Uli Langthaler and Mario Gonzi. Originals, standards and free improvisation.

Raj
Badgasse 7
Klagenfurt 9020, Austria
(43) (463) 507-917
Info: www.innenhofkultur.at

Thursday, March 5, 9:00PM


Jazzland
presents

ARMEN DONELIAN VIENNESE TRIO

(l-r, 2010) Pianist/Composer Armen Donelian with Viennese musicians Mario Gonzi, drums, and Uli Langthaler, bass

Armen Donelian Viennese Trio with Uli Langthaler and Mario Gonzi. Originals, standards and free improvisation.

Jazzland

29 Franz Josefs-Kai
A-1010 Vienna, Austria
+43 1-533-2575
www.jazzland.at

Saturday, March 7, 7:30PM


Castle Street Cafe
presents

Direct From Europe!

ARMEN DONELIAN TRIO

(l-r) Pianist/Composer Armen Donelian with David Clark, bass, and George Schuller, drums

Quickly establishes a high level of discourse and never falters from it. (Jazz Times) Brings a serene sense of dignity and elegance to every measure. (Berkshire Eagle) Donelian's got a pensive, lyrical streak a mile wide, but don't underestimate his ability to swing hard and throw punches. (Philadelphia Weekly)

Castle Street Cafe

10 Castle Street
Great Barrington, MA
(413) 528-5244
castlestreetcafe.com

Sunday, April 19, 8:00PM


The Louis Armstrong Jazz Performance Program
of Columbia University in the City of New York
presents

ALUMNUS AND VISITING ARTIST ARMEN DONELIAN

Pianist/Composer Armen Donelian

Featured guest composer, pianist and alumnus Armen Donelian (CC '72) performs with Columbia University Jazz Ensembles directed by Bruce Barth, Amir Elsaffar, Ole Mathisen and Don Sickler. This concert is Free and Open To The Public.

The Teatro at the Italian Academy of Columbia University

1161 Amsterdam Avenue
between 116th and 118th Streets New York, NY 10027
Free and Open To The Public
(212) 854-9270
or visit jazz.columbia.edu

Wednesday, May 6, 7pm
New School Spring 2015 Ensemble and Recital Series:
MUSIC OF CHICK COREA DIRECTED BY ARMEN DONELIAN

New School Jazz Performance Space

55 West 13 Street 5th Floor
New York, NY
(212) 229-5896
newschool.edu/jazz

Monday-Friday, May 18-22, Please See Schedule Below*
Piano in Bryant Park presents

ARMEN DONELIAN SOLO PIANO

Armen Donelian

Bryant Park

Saturday, June 20, 7:30PM


Castle Street Cafe
presents

ARMEN DONELIAN TRIO

(l-r) Pianist/Composer Armen Donelian with David Clark, bass, and George Schuller, drums

Quickly establishes a high level of discourse and never falters from it. (Jazz Times) Brings a serene sense of dignity and elegance to every measure. (Berkshire Eagle) Donelian's got a pensive, lyrical streak a mile wide, but don't underestimate his ability to swing hard and throw punches. (Philadelphia Weekly)

Castle Street Cafe

10 Castle Street
Great Barrington, MA
(413) 528-5244
castlestreetcafe.com

June 21-27
20th Annual Interplay Jazz & Arts Summer Workshop
ARMEN DONELIAN and Other Distinguished Faculty

An opportunity for musicians and artists of all ages to participate in a supportive and holistic learning environment that fosters human artistic expression through the study of Jazz and other creative art forms.

Various Locations
Woodstock, VT
(802) 436-1282
Details at interplayjazzandarts.org.

Thursday-Sunday, August 6-9
9TH ANNUAL HUDSON JAZZ WORKSHOP
ARMEN DONELIAN AND MARC MOMMAAS, DIRECTORS
SPECIAL GUEST GRAMMY-NOMINATED TRUMPETER CLAUDIO RODITI

Armen Donelian, Claudio Roditi and Marc Mommaas

The Hudson Jazz Workshop is a weekend immersion in Jazz improvisation and composition, with two of today's leading practitioners of duo playing, Armen Donelian and Marc Mommaas. We offer a supportive and focused atmosphere conducive to intensive study and mutual encouragement, through individual and group instruction, jam sessions and a faculty/student concert. Enrollment is limited to 10 participants. Scholarship support is available. Wholesome meals are freshly prepared. Our Special Guest on August 9 is Grammy-nominated Trumpeter/Educator Claudio Roditi (Herbie Mann, Paquito D'Rivera, Manhattan School of Music).

Hudson Jazzworks Studio

338 Kipp Road
Hudson, NY
(518) 822-1640
Visit hudsonjazzworks.org for more information.

Deadline for applications is JULY 1, 2015.
Register Online.

Sunday, August 9, 10:30am-Noon
9TH ANNUAL HUDSON JAZZ WORKSHOP
JAZZ MASTER CLASS CLINIC
SPECIAL GUEST GRAMMY-NOMINATED TRUMPETER CLAUDIO RODITI

Claudio Roditi

Hudson Jazzworks Studio

338 Kipp Road
Hudson, NY
Admission to this event Free to Students, $10 Adults. Due to limited seating, advance reservation required.
Call (518) 822-1640 to reserve a seat.
Visit hudsonjazzworks.org for more information.

This event is made possible in part with public funds from the Decentralization Program of the New York State Council on the Arts, administered through the Community Arts Grants Program by the Greene County Council on the Arts in partnership with the Columbia County Council on the Arts.

Sunday, August 9, 3pm
9TH ANNUAL HUDSON JAZZ WORKSHOP
JAZZ CONCERT AT THE OPERA HOUSE
ARMEN DONELIAN AND MARC MOMMAAS, DIRECTORS
SPECIAL GUEST GRAMMY-NOMINATED TRUMPETER CLAUDIO RODITI
AND WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS

Armen Donelian, Claudio Roditi and Marc Mommaas

Hudson Opera House

327 Warren Street
Hudson, NY
(518) 822-1438
3pm Pre-concert Artists' Talk. Free & open to public.
3:30pm Concert. Admission Free to Students, $10 Adults.
Visit hudsonjazzworks.org and hudsonoperahouse.org for more information.

These events are made possible in part with public funds from the Decentralization Program of the New York State Council on the Arts, administered through the Community Arts Grants Program by the Greene County Council on the Arts in partnership with the Columbia County Council on the Arts.

Wednesday-Tuesday, August 12-18


ADAMANT MUSIC SCHOOL
presents

ARMEN DONELIAN JAZZ MASTER CLASS
WITH DAVID CLARK AND GEORGE SCHULLER

David Clark, Armen Donelian and George Schuller

The Adamant Jazz Master Class with Armen Donelian, David Clark and George Schuller is a weeklong residential music retreat open to qualified musicians on all instruments. A working trio for the past eleven years, Armen, David and George offer decades of experience as acclaimed artists and dedicated educators. The focus will be on small group Jazz performance, improvisation and composition for four hours daily. Three combos will be formed, each tutored by the faculty who rotate individually between combos to provide a lively dialogue and exchange of ideas. Faculty will be available for private lessons by appointment during non-class hours. All participants have access to their own dedicated piano rooms 24/7 to pursue personal practice goals or form jam sessions with others. A final concert for the public will present works-in-progress. This is a special ooportunity to experience both camaraderie and solitude to pursue musical vistas. Meals are included. The 200-acre wooded campus in the Green Mountains of Vermont include ample recreational possibilities. Come Join Us!

Adamant Music School

1241 Haggett Road
Adamant, VT
Please contact admissions@adamant.org or
Visit adamant.org for more information.

Deadline for applications is JULY 1, 2015.
All information to Register Online can be found HERE.

Saturday, September 26, 7:30PM


Castle Street Cafe
presents

ARMEN DONELIAN TRIO

(l-r) Pianist/Composer Armen Donelian with David Clark, bass, and George Schuller, drums

Quickly establishes a high level of discourse and never falters from it. (Jazz Times) Brings a serene sense of dignity and elegance to every measure. (Berkshire Eagle) Donelian's got a pensive, lyrical streak a mile wide, but don't underestimate his ability to swing hard and throw punches. (Philadelphia Weekly)

Castle Street Cafe

10 Castle Street
Great Barrington, MA
(413) 528-5244
castlestreetcafe.com

Saturday, December 5, 7:30PM


Castle Street Cafe
presents

ARMEN DONELIAN TRIO

(l-r) Pianist/Composer Armen Donelian with David Clark, bass, and George Schuller, drums

Quickly establishes a high level of discourse and never falters from it. (Jazz Times) Brings a serene sense of dignity and elegance to every measure. (Berkshire Eagle) Donelian's got a pensive, lyrical streak a mile wide, but don't underestimate his ability to swing hard and throw punches. (Philadelphia Weekly)

Castle Street Cafe

10 Castle Street
Great Barrington, MA
(413) 528-5244
castlestreetcafe.com

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