Andrew Armstrong
‘I Love This Town’: Pianist Andrew Armstrong Plans Chamber Concert Series in New Canaan
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Any time a professional engagement has him traveling to Stamford or Manhattan, or to the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts in Westchester County, Andrew Armstrong said, he finds himself detouring into his hometown of New Canaan. His star fast-rising even before graduating from New Canaan High School in 1992, the renowned concert pianist and Worcester, Mass. resident said he drives through town to “go down memory lane” and has felt a strong pull to reconnect with old friends.
A husband and father to three kids and two dogs, Comet and Dooker, Armstrong recently took over as creative director of the Columbia Museum of Art’s “Chamber Music on Main” series in Columbia, S.C. Through it, Armstrong said, he “got to experience firsthand what it’s like to have truly meaningful and deep relationships with music-lovers” in ways that studio work or playing one-off concerts don’t offer. “You know that old saying, ‘You can never go home again’? I have had this really enjoyable career going around the globe playing music for people.