Armen Nalbandian, Fumi Endo Piano DUO

Point. presents

Armen Nalbandian, an LA-based Armenian pianist who has worked with Jeff Parker, Eric Revis, Nasheet Waits, Chris Speed and Han Bennink, is coming to Japan!

The dynamic range of his sound, which comes from his Zen monk or philosopher-like appearance, and his overflowing expression, which seems to move between music, acoustics and art, is incredible... It's awesome!
Please come and see him live!

Act:
Armen Nalbandian Piano 

http://koendoriclassics.com/access/

Tickets: 3,500 yen / U25 2,000 yen

Open 2 PM / Start 2:30 PM

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Armen Nalbandian Piano

Armen Nalbandian is an avant-garde and experimental composer and pianist whose practice seeks to expand the possibilities of sound and performance through spontaneous group composition, prepared piano and Fender Rhodes, and electronically layered improvisations.

With a prolific recording discography, Armen has collaborated with several notable musicians including Chris Corsano, Tatsuhisa Yamamoto, Jeff Parker, Toshimaru Nakamura, Alex Cline, Steve Lehman, Han Bennink, Chris Speed, Dave King, Eric Revis, Nasheet Waits, Guillermo E. Brown and Makigami Koichi, whilst pursuing multidisciplinary collaborations with writers, visual and performance artists.

In 2023, Armen co-founded the distributed strategy practice Outlyr-e, a distributed strategy practice aiming to create the conditions for creative thought applied to organizations in the arts.

https://www.armennalbandian.com/

https://armennalbandian.bandcamp.com/

Fumi Endo Piano

Born in 1993 in Tokyo, Japan, she began studying piano at the age of three and became interested in jazz piano under the influence of her father when she was in high school.In her piano playing, she mainly uses the piano to try to express songs, non-songs and songs. A kind of boundary between nature and properties, and at the same time what might be there.

She plays in the bands "幽けき刻" "鏡の声" "Uquwa" "Thieves" "Phipt" "奥遠宮" "佇々" Akihiro Yoshimoto qualtet and others.

In February 2023, she released a solo album, Cold Light in Warm Blue, on the Ftarri label.

・『つめたい光、あたたかい青の中 / Cold Light in Warm Blue』(Fumi Endo)
https://hitorri.bandcamp.com/album/cold-light-in-warm-blue?label=3925958630

・『Kanon Aonami Composed Works: Performed by Sean Colum, Kanon Aonami and Fumi Endo』(Kanon Aonami / Sean Colum / Fumi Endo)
https://meenna.bandcamp.com/album/kanon-aonami-composed-works-performed-by-sean-colum-kanon-aonami-and-fumi-endo?label=3925958630

・『Watashitachi』(Thieves)
https://no-schools.bandcamp.com/album/watashitachi