– Laureate Profile –
Avery Armstrong
2025 Laureate
Avery, age 12, is a student of Rose Chen at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. She has earned first prizes at the Marilyn Mindell Piano Competition, Bradshaw & Buono International Piano Competition, Chicago International Music Competition, United States International Music Competition, and numerous others. An enthusiastic chamber musician, Avery attended the Music@Menlo Chamber Music Festival and took the Grand Prize at the ENKOR International Chamber Music Competition. She will appear as soloist in Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 with the Central Oregon Symphony. Outside the concert hall, Avery volunteers at a local cat shelter, shares her home with three adored cats, and pursues her passion for biology as an active member of her school’s Biology Olympiad Club.
