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    VIOLINIST HENRIK KARAPETYAN

    TribLocal
    http://triblocal.com/joliet/calendar/2012/01/26/violinist-henrik-karapetyan/
    Jan 12 2012
    IL

    Timbers of Shorewood Retirement Community, 1100 N. River Rd.,
    Shorewood, IL Tel: 815-609-0669

    Henrik Karapetyan will entertain residents and the public at 6:30 p.m.

    Thursday, Jan. 26, at The Timbers of Shorewood retirement community,
    1100 N. River Rd., Shorewood.

    Born in Yerevan, Armenia in 1981, Karapetyan started playing the
    violin at the age of six, enrolling in music classes at Spendiarian
    Special Music School.

    In 2002, Karapetyan came to the United States to pursue his graduate
    degree at Wayne State University's Music Department. He led the
    orchestra as its concertmaster and was featured as a soloist on many
    occasions, including as the winner of the 2004 Wayne State Concerto
    Competition.

    Karapetyan received full scholarship and teaching appointment to
    attend doctoral studies at the University of Michigan School of Music,
    Theatre and Dance. He was among the few musicians representing the
    University of Michigan's School of Music, Theatre and Dance in the
    annual Conservatory Project at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.

    He has performed in Carnegie Hall, NY; Kennedy Center, Washington DC;
    Rackham Auditorium, Ann Arbor; and Armenian State Philharmonic Hall,
    Yerevan, Armenia.

    He is currently the violinist of the Amethyst Piano Trio, based in
    Ann Arbor, and plays with a local folk-gypsy band "Orpheum Bell."

    The Timbers of Shorewood is a rental retirement community which
    provides independent and assisted living apartments as well as a full
    schedule of activities and services. Furnished apartments are also
    available for a short-term stay - a weekend, a week, a month or longer.

    The public is invited, and admission is free. For more
    information call Shelly Goggins at 815-609-0669 or visit
    http://timbersofshorewood.com/calendar/2012/january/26/violinist-henrik-karapetyan.

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