BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sabre//Sabre VObject 3.5.3//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:19701025T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:BST DTSTART:19700329T010000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event_182535@louthconcertsociety.uk DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241013T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241013T170000 SUMMARY:Arie Dakesian DESCRIPTION:\n\nLouth and District Concert Society is excited to present up -and-coming guitar virtuoso Arie Dakesian.\n\nBorn in Beirut\, Lebanon to an Armenian family\, Arie picked up his first guitar at the age of six and hasn’t left it since. \n\nAfter studying in both Lebanon and Armenia\, in 2020 Arie was awarded a scholarship at the Royal College of Music in Lo ndon.  He will graduate this year\, and his recent performances at the Ro yal Albert Hall\, Kings Place\, and the Wigmore Hall point to an extraordi nary career ahead.\n\nAt this afternoon's concert you will hear a varied s election of pieces including one of Arie's own arrangements of a piano wor k by fellow Armenian\, Arno Babadjanian.\n\n\nProgramme\n \n\n\n \n \n Luigi Legnani \n Capriccio no. 7\n \n \n Arno Babadjanian\, arr. D akesian\n Melody & Humoresque\n \n \n Benjamin Britten\n Nocturnal after John Dowland\, op. 70\n \n \n Francisco Tarrega\n Capricho Ar abe\n \n \n \n Variaciones sobre "El Carnival de Venecia" de Paganin i\n \n \n ~  interval  ~\n \n \n \n Regino Sainz de la Maza\n Rondeña\n \n \n Joaquin Rodrigo\n Invocación y Danza\, "Hommage a Manuel de Falla"\n \n \n \n En los Trigales\n \n \n Emilio Pu jol\n Scottish Madrileño\n \n \n \n Trois Morceaux Espagnols\n      i.    Tonadilla\n      ii.   Tango\n      iii.  Guajira\n \n \n\n\n\nProgramme Notes                                                               \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Arie Dakesian: his journey\n\n \n \n \n \n \n It al l starts in the capital city of Lebanon\; Beirut. That’s where Arie was born\, in a densely populated Armenian town called Bourj Hammoud\; that’ s also where he bought his first guitar and had his first ever guitar less on in the local Parsegh Ganatchian Music School at the age of six. He went on to study there with Megerdich Mikayelian until 2019\, graduating with Very High Distinction as the first ever guitarist to complete the 10-year programme in nearly two decades. During his teenage years\, he performed e xtensively both as a solo artist and a chamber musician across Lebanon\, w hich included a wide variety of classical repertoire\, as well as an explo ration of Armenian as well as Eastern folk music.\n\n Arie the n went on to pursue his higher eduction in Armenia\, and was even enrolled at the Yerevan State Conservatory for a short period of time\, having les sons with Hakob Jaghatspanyan for a little shy of a year. There\, he had a wider access to the music of Komitas\, who is considered the father of Ar menian folk music. Hence\, he took a deeper interest in the world of Armen ian folklore and the vast artistic wealth it had to offer.\n\n With a strong desire to immerse himself into the classical guitar univers e\, Arie wanted to study abroad. With the pandemic at its peak and the utt er collapse of the Lebanese economy\, this didn’t seem like a feasible d ecision. After long months of intense emails in search of support to fund his studies\, Arie got the honorary Houston Family scholarship from the Ro yal College of Music (RCM) in London\, two weeks before the start of term in September 2020.\n\n Arie is now at this exact stage of his life story. He’s currently in his fourth and final year of undergraduate studies at the RCM where he studies with professors Gary Ryan and Christo pher Stell. During the past two years\, Arie has worked with the stars of the classical guitar world\; among them are Sergio Assad\, Antigoni Goni\, Steve Goss\, Laura Snowden\, Dusan Bogdanovic\, Mark Eden\, Maarten Vande nbemden\, Carlos Bonell\, Sean Shibe\, Xuefei Yang\, and more.\n\n Having partaken in several workshops\, festivals\, and competitions\, Arie was awarded the Grand Prize in classical guitar at the “Renaissanc e” International Festival held in Gyumri\, Armenia in 2018\, and also to ok part in the the exclusive Volterra Project\; a prestigious guitar works hop directed by Antigoni Goni in Volterra\, Italy earlier this summer.\n\n Recent notable performances includes the famous Super Strings Sunday at the Royal College of Music\, as well as running a brand new fes tival alongside the Eden-Stell Duo called the Play2Festival in Armenia.\n\ n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Read Arie's very own blog describing his life journe y from the streets of Beirut to his guitar studies at the Royal College of Music.\n\n \n  \n\n "…You play with such poise\, expression\, and conviction\, and it’s honestly a joy to listen and watc h…” \n\n — Laura Snowden\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n Louth and District Concert Soc iety would like to thank Tillett Trust for their kind support of this conc ert.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n  \n  \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\nFor full event details\, visit: https://www.louthconcertsociety.uk/dbpage.php?pg=view&db ase=events&id=182535 LOCATION:Riverhead Studio\, Victoria Road\, Louth\, LN11 0BX URL:https://www.louthconcertsociety.uk/dbpage.php?pg=view&dbase=events&id=1 82535 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR