Biography
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Armen Nalbandian is a 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, Jeff Parker, Toshimaru Nakamura, Otomo Yoshihide, Hiroshi Yamazaki, Han Bennink, Tatsuhisa Yamamoto, Riki Hidaka, Alex Cline, Steve Lehman, Chris Speed, Dave King, Eric Revis, Nasheet Waits, Guillermo E. Brown and Sachiko M, whilst pursuing multidisciplinary collaborations with writers, visual and performance artists.
In 2023, Armen co-founded Outlyr-e, a distributed strategy practice aiming to create the conditions for creative thought applied to organizations in the arts.