Violinist 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://www.timbersofshorewood.com.
