(HUDSON, N.Y.) – The Armen Donelian Trio performs at the Hudson Opera House on Saturday, June 15, 2013, at 8pm. Donelian is a virtuoso pianist and composer, as well as a teacher, versed in mainstream and avant-garde jazz, classical music, and ethnic music from around the world.

Called “a pianist with a crystalline touch, but a penchant for avant gardism” (New York Times), Armen Donelian has performed in 23 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, Asia, the Middle and Far East. Since 1975, he has performed and recorded as a featured solo pianist, leader of his own quintet and trio, and with jazz legends including Sonny Rollins, Chet Baker, Paquito D’Rivera, Mongo Santamaria and Billy Harper. He is composer of more than 90 works, and has produced more than a dozen critically acclaimed recordings.

Donelian is a Fulbright Senior Scholar for work in Armenia, Finland, Switzerland and Sweden, and has received six Jazz Performance Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts for concerts and master classes. His trio first appeared at the Pittsfield CityJazz Festival in 2011, and received rave reviews.

The Hudson Opera House, a multi-arts center and major downtown anchor, housed in an 1855 building that was once City Hall.