A Solo Concert with Arie Dakesian (Classical Guitar)

Sun 27th Oct 2024 • 15:00 – 17:00

Hosted by Matthew Kleinman

£12 online • £12 on the door.

The second of the London Sketch Club’s informal Sunday afternoon autumn concerts is on the 27th October. The idea is to give promising musicians an opportunity to perform pieces of their choice in an informal setting and give members and guests an enjoyable afternoon. There will be music, tea, coffee and biscuits.

Arie Dakesian is a classical guitarist studying at the Royal College of Music (RCM), where he’s currently pursuing his postgraduate studies 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. Arie is also a grant holder of the Royal Philharmonic Society, the International Guitar Foundation, the Kathleen Trust, the Wolfson Foundation, and the St. Marylebone Educational Trust. 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. Most recent engagements include performances in the Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall, 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.

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Repertoire – first half

• Luigi Legnani: Capriccio No. 7.  
• Arno Babadjanian: Melody & Humoresque.
• Charles Aznavour: Viens pleurer au creux de mon epaule.
• Francisco Tarrega: Variaciones sobre “El Carnaval de Venecia” de Paganini.

Intermission

With tea and biscuits.

Repertoire – second half

• Regino Sainz de la Maza: Rondena.
• Joaquin Rodrigo: Invocacion y Danza, Hommage a Manuel de Falla, En Los Trigales.
• Emilio Pujol: Scottish Madrileno, Guajira.