Concert by Dimitris Dekavallas

Sunday 18 November 2006 7.30 p.m.

Kinson Community Centre, Pelhams Park, Millhams Rd, Kinson, Bournemouth.

Biography

Dimitris was born in Athens in 1982 and started learning the guitar at the age of six. He gave his first public performance when he was nine years old at the National Concert Hall of Athens.

Dimitris studied at the National Conservatory of Athens, and in 1998 continued his studies at the Hellenic Conservatory of Athens where he studied with Angelos Nikolopoulos. He graduated from the conservatory in 2002 with 1st Prize for achieving the highest mark.

From 2003-2004 Dimitris had private tuition with the Greek guitarist Alexios Froudarakis.

In 2004 he won 1st Prize in the IKY NATIONAL Scholarship Foundation in Greece. This enabled Dimitris to study at the Royal Academy of Music in 2005, where he started his 1st year of a Postgraduate Degree. He went on to win the TEBUTT EXIBITION Scholarship Prize.

Dimitris has won many competitions including in 1999 1st prize in the National Guitar Competition 'ODE TO GUITAR'; in 2000 2nd prize in Haldida National Guitar Competition; in 2003 1st prize in Veria National Guitar Competition and also 1st prize in Volos International Guitar Competition; in 2005 1st prize in Ivor Mairants Guitar Award-London.

Dimitris has played in masterclasses with George Hatzinikos, David Russell, Hubert Käppel, Carlos Marchione and Carlos Domeniconi. He has also played in workshops with John Williams and Sir Peter Maxwell Davies.

Dimitris currently lives in London and is continuing his guitar studies under Micheal Lewin, Timothy Walker and John Mills at the Royal Academy of Music.