Revolutionaries & Rockstars: Feat. Aaron Larget-Caplan, Guitar & Guest Artists

Guitarist Aaron Larget-Caplan returns to Eastport Arts Center for the continuation of the 2026 Concert Series! In this performance, Aaron will focus on songs written by revolutionaries and rockstars alike with pieces including "Lift Every Voice and Sing" (1900), the "Star Spangled Banner" (1814), Paul Simon's "America" (1968), and Eddie Van Halen's "316" (1986).

Joining Larget-Caplan will be Gregory Biss on piano and a second musician, TBA.

Tickets are $20 and can be purchased at the door or below. No one will be turned away due to lack of funds.

About the Performer:

Acclaimed international recording and touring guitarist and composer Aaron Larget-Caplan is an exciting and innovative leader in classical music. Noted as a "master guitarist" by Fanfare and for his “astounding technical proficiency and artistic delicacy” by the Boston Musical Intelligencer, Larget-Caplan has performed throughout the USA Europe, Russia, and Taiwan, including El Palacio de Linares in Madrid, Spain, Sheremetev Palace in Russia, and Palazzo del Te & Ducale in Mantova, Italy.

At 16 he made his debut at the Tabor Opera House and has since premiered over 120 solo and chamber compositions, soloed with orchestras, directed concert series, created commissioning endeavors, curated and published three anthologies of scores, arranged over 85 solo and chamber works, and brought classical music into schools and communities. A gifted performer and speaker, he is sought for his deft programming of new and standard repertoire, while connecting with audiences with a Bernstein-esque ease. A winner of multiple awards, including from the Société Académique Arts-Sciences-Lettres of Paris, France for his trailblazing work in music, he was Musician in Residence at the Banff Centre for the Arts and Creativity, and the first guitairst to be invited for Artist Residency at the John Cage Trust at Bard College.

Mr. Larget-Caplan has 11 critically acclaimed solo albums amassing over 13 million streams: Spanish Gems (2024), Spanish Candy (2023) God's Time: Music of J.S. Bach on Guitar (2022) honey cadence (2022), Drifting (2021), A Guitar Holiday (2021), Nights Transfigured (2020), John. Cage. Guitar. (2018), The Legend of Hagoromo (2015), New Lullaby (2010), Tracing a wheel on water (2006), on Stone Records (UK), and he is featured multiple others albums as a soloist and chamber music for record labels Albany, Navona, and the American Composers Alliance. The recordings have received critical acclaim from Audiophile, Fanfare, American Record Guide, Guitar Magazine and many more with such response as “stunningly played” (Fanfare), "eclectic and endlessly rewarding release" (Classical Guitar), “A Significant Recording” (Classical Guitar UK), "Master Guitarist" (Fanfare).