Pianist Deniz Arman Gelenbe has been acclaimed as one of the best chamber musicians of our time. Critics have been unanimous in hailing her prodigious technique, compelling artistic personality, and poetic interpretation. Her extensive solo and chamber repertory ranges from Bach to contemporary composers.

From her base both in Paris, and recently in Durham N.C., she pursues an international performing career. She has been soloist with the Japan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, Slovak Chamber Orchestra, Ensemble Jean-Francois Paillard, and with symphony orchestras in the Philippines, Turkey, and Spain. She has given many solo recitals at the Salle Gaveau in Paris, the Tonhalle in Zurich, Wigmore Hall in London, in Japan, the U.S.A., Spain, Italy, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands. She also performs in major chamber music series, festivals, and for radio and television.

Ms. Arman Gelenbe founded and directed for eleven years the prestigious summer academies and chamber music festivals of Semaines Musicales d'Orsay in Paris and the Semaines Musicales de Rouen. She has also judged the Paris International Chamber Music Competition.

She has recorded, with the Haydn Quartet, a CD featuring music of the Turkish composers Erkin and Kodalli for the Hungaroton label. The Albany label has released in 1996 the world premier recording of the chamber music by Castenuovo-Tedesco with the Arman Ensemble, which she has founded.

During the 1995-1996 season, Ms. Gelenbe has toured Finland, France, Belgium , and the USA. She will perform the complete chamber works of Johannes Brahms with the Arman Ensemble in the USA and Europe during the 1996-1997 season.

A native of Turkey, she is a graduate of the Juilliard School with Bachelors and Masters degrees. Her teachers were Cecile Genhart, Adele Marcus, Gyorgy Sandor, and Jane Carlson.

by phone (919) 493 7813 or by fax (919) 493 8043 .