Lunchtime Concert - Arie Dakesian (guitar)

Programme:

Two Sonatas in G: K. 162, K. 14, Domenico Scarlatti

Two Studies, Mario Gangi

Variaciones sobre “El Carnaval de Venecia” de Paganini, Francisco Tarrega

A Folk Prologue, Khachatur Avetisyan (arr. Arie Dakesian)

Caprichos de Goya, No. XVIII: El Sueño de la Razon Produce Monstruos, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

Rondo Op. 129, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

Trois Morceaux Espagnols, Emilio Pujol

Biography:

Arie Dakesian is a classical guitarist studying at the Royal College of Music (RCM), where he’s currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Performance with professors Gary Ryan and Christopher Stell. He’s a Houston Family Scholar and a recipient of the highly sought-after Julian Bream Trust, as well as several Armenian scholarship funds including the Ouzounian Trust and AGBU Scholarships. He was very recently selected for the highly prestigious Tillett Debut Scheme 2024, which allows a two-year collaboration and a wide range of performances; this made him the fifth guitarist to ever be awarded since the scheme emerged in 1995.

Born in Beirut, Lebanon, to an Armenian family, Arie has since been exposed to a wide variety of music from an early age, which is woven into the very fabric of his music-making. Most recent engagements include performances in Kew Gardens, Kings Place, Royal Albert Hall, St James’s Piccadilly, and Wigmore Hall with a busy schedule ahead preparing for new solo and chamber projects for the 2024/25 season.

Entry

Not ticketed. Free Entry. Retiring collection - suggested donation £5