Le Concert Olympique

Kit Armstrong and Beethoven’s Golden Year

Since Kit Armstrong stepped onto the world music stage over 20 years ago, his interpretive artistry has fascinated audiences almost as much as the fact that the pianist owns his own church. This church marked the beginning of Armstrong’s unique success story: St. Thérèse in the northern French town of Hirson became a socio-cultural center where he lives, performs concerts, and organizes interdisciplinary projects. The artist, who also studied physics, chemistry, and mathematics, performs with the world’s finest orchestras and has developed close artistic partnerships with leading instrumentalists and singers.

In the 2025/26 season, the “infinitely versatile” (Deutschlandfunk) keyboard virtuoso will come to Berlin with the orchestra Le Concert Olympique, bringing his new program Beethoven 1807. Together with Jan Caeyers, he will present works by the great composer – all originating from that golden year, 1807.

Program and cast

Le Concert Olympique
Beethoven 1807
Kit Armstrong, piano

Bach: Prelude and Fugue No. 15 in G major, BWV 884
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58
Beethoven: Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 Appassionata
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 Fate Symphony

Jan Caeyers, conductor