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He has led jazz clinics, residencies, work- ings of the 80’s” by Cadence magazine. Praised for shops & camps at the International Association of its epic musicality, Donelian’s Secrets was selected Jazz Educators (IAJE), the International Association the number three jazz album of 1988 in the Jazz Hot of Schools of Jazz (IASJ), the Berklee College of Critics’ Poll. A Reverie, his first solo piano album, Music, the Manhattan School of Music, Tufts was dubbed “a masterpiece” by Swing Jazz Journal University, the Vermont Jazz Center, Mankato (MN) in 1987. State University, Hot Clube de Jazz (Portugal) & elsewhere. A poetic composer with more than 90 original works to his credit, Donelian exhibits a consummate mas- A recipient of six Jazz Performance Fellowships tery of composing for the small ensemble. Many of from the National Endowment for the Arts, Donelian his compositions have been arranged, recorded & has performed & led master classes with numerous published by other artists. Recorded works include prominent guest artists, including Dewey Redman, "Cruzan," "Spring Song” & "Iberia" on Mongo Eddie Gomez, Jim Hall, David Liebman, Randy Samtamaria's 1976 Grammy Award nominee album, Brecker & Lee Konitz. Sofrito, and "The Scattered Brotherhood" on Rory a musician Stuart's acclaimed CD, Hurricane. Two of his com- Donelian is the director of the Jazz in Armenia Imagine Project, an educational initiative for musical inter- whose playing flows like water... positions, “Harem Girl” & “Metropolitan Madness,” cultural exchange & dialogue, hosted by the Yerevan who spins a melodic spider web have been arranged by Ed Neumeister (a NEA Jazz State Conservatory in Yerevan, Armenia. As a that completely enraptures the Performance Fellow) and published by Advance Music. “Stargazer,” a 1979 composition, is pub- Visiting Professor of Jazz at the Conservatory, audience... whose music sparkles Donelian leads a once-a-year musical program, with buoyant energy & a sense of lished in The New Real Book Volume 2, distributed world-wide. with master classes, impromptu workshops, solo humor... meet ARMEN DONELIAN. piano concerts, appearances at local venues with Donelian’s most recent work is a three volume set resident musicians and concerts honoring humani- A brilliant, award-winning jazz pianist, composer of solo piano recordings entitled Grand Ideas tarian efforts throughout Armenia. and Fulbright Scholar, Armen Donelian has (). Volume 1 - Wave includes In 2002, Donelian was named a Fulbright Senior appeared as a solo artist, band leader & sideman selected jazz standards. Volume 2 - Mystic Heights Scholar in recognition and support of his ongoing to critical acclaim in major festivals, concerts, covers Donelian’s compositions & Volume 3 - Full Moon Music records free improvisations. work in Armenia. A resident professor at the clubs, on television & radio in 21 countries. Yerevan Conservatory for 3 months, he also traveled Donelian’s command of technique, sophisticated When he’s not performing or composing, Donelian to Russia, Georgia, Romania and France to give is in demand as an educator in the United States & understanding of European & Middle Eastern master classes at major conservatories in those abroad. His book Training the Ear is published in countries. As a participant in Jazz Appreciation harmonies, his Armenian ancestry, combined English (Advance) and Japanese (ATN, Inc.) and is Month (a State Department-sponsored program), with his association with some of the most illus- the standard text at several colleges. It has been Donelian performed in major Armenian concert trious American jazz artists, have identified him hailed as “the most clearly organized & comprehen- venues. With additional State Department support, as one of the world’s rare musicians of true sive text” in the field by the Rutgers Annual Review Donelian appeared as a featured solo pianist in the “fusion.” of Jazz Studies. Kannon Jazz and Modern Dance Festival (Russia), As a sideman with Sonny Rollins, Mongo the Richard Oshanitzsky Jazz Festival (Romania) Santamaria, Paquito D’Rivera, , Chet and in a command performance for the American Ambassador to Georgia. Baker, Lionel Hampton, Anne-Marie Moss, Night Ark, Bobby Paunetto, Rory Stuart & many others, A Steinway Affiliated Artist & a graduate of Donelian enjoys eminent regard as a crisp & pas- Columbia University, Donelian teaches private stu- sionate performer. dents as he has done for over 40 years.