Making his Armstrong debut, Alexander Schimpf has recently risen to prominence by impressively winning a series of prestigious competitions. He won the 2008 German Music Competition, earned First Prize at the 2009 International Beethoven Competition in Vienna, and most recently was the first German pianist ever to win First Prize at the 2011 Cleveland International Piano Competition. Since winning these notable awards, Alexander Schimpf’s career has gained momentum with regular appearances at important music centers around the world including recitals at the Vienna Konzerthaus, Berlin’s Konzerthaus and in Zankel Hall at New York’s Carnegie Hall.

Program
Piano Sonata in E flat major    W. A. Mozart
Images, Book II                       C. Debussy
L’isle joyeuse                          C. Debussy
Selections from 24 Preludes     N. Kapustin
      in Jazz Style, Op. 53
Le Tombeau de Couperin          M. Ravel