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Samrat started playing guitar at the age of 6 and aged 10 became a student at the Junior Academy of the RSAMD, now known as the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, RCS, studying part-time under acclaimed composer and teacher, Peter Stewart. In September of this year Samrat will start studying as a full time student at the RCS for the BMus in Performance. As a Junior, Samrat has won prizes in various competitions, including First Prize at the RCS Junior Conservatoire Prize for Guitar for three consecutive years (2015-2017), First Prize at the Competition for Instrumentalists ‘MusicFest’ at the High School of Glasgow also for three consecutive years (2015-2017), The Iain Fraser Prize for Strings at the High School of Glasgow in 2017, First Prize in the Louis de Bernières Renaissance & Early Music Competition at the Banjo, Mandolin and Guitar Festival (BMG) in 2016, First Prize at the Merit Challenge Solo competition, BMG 2016 and First Prize for two consecutive years at Glasgow Music Festival, Solo Guitar Competition, 2016 and 2017. Internationally, Samrat won 2nd Prize at the RAGO International Guitar Competition in February 2017, which was held in Stuttgart winning a prize of €1500.00. Samrat was awarded the 2017 Sam Hutchings Memorial Prize at the Junior Academy, RCS awarded to a student in their final year at the Junior Conservatoire who, ‘over a sustained period of time has demonstrated exceptional commitment and hard work leading to significant progress’. As a performer Samrat has shared concerts at the West End Festival in Glasgow (2015, 2016 and 2017), the Leeds Lunchtime Chamber Music Recital (October 2016), High School of Glasgow Spring Concert playing Vivaldi’s Lute Concerto with Orchestra, Grossalmerode, Germany (July 2017), Classical Guitar Retreat, Isle of Cumrae, at the Young Artist Platform and as Guitar Foundation of America Summit Member in California, USA (June 2017). He is also a chamber musician playing as a member of two orchestras in Britain: Da Capo Alba, Scotland’s largest mandolin and guitar orchestra and the National Youth Guitar Ensemble. Samrat has also played in chamber groups with other guitarists, violinists and orchestra members. In 2016, Samrat was accepted as a member of the European Guitar and Mandolin Youth Orchestra (EGMYO) which gave concerts in Luxembourg and Germany during the summer of 2016. Samrat enjoys playing various styles of music and his repertoire spans from early music to contemporary music of the 21st Century.

 

RO

Samrat a început să cânte la chitară la vârsta de 6 ani, iar la 10 ani a devenit student la Junior Academy of the RSAMD, acum cunoscut sub numele de Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, RCS, studiind cu jumătate de normă cu renumitul compozitor și profesor Peter Stewart. În luna septembrie a acestui an, Samrat va începe să studieze ca student cu normă întreagă la RCS pentru BMus in Performance. În calitate de junior, Samrat a câștigat premii la diverse concursuri, inclusiv Premiul I la RCS Junior Conservatoire Prize for Guitar timp de trei ani consecutivi (2015-2017), Premiul I la Concursul pentru instrumentiști "MusicFest" de la High School of Glasgow tot timp de trei ani consecutivi (2015-2017), Premiul Iain Fraser pentru corzi la High School of Glasgow în 2017, Premiul I la Concursul Louis de Bernières Renaissance & Early Music Competition la Festivalul de Banjo, Mandolină și Chitară (BMG) în 2016, Premiul I la concursul Merit Challenge Solo, BMG 2016 și Premiul I timp de doi ani consecutivi la Festivalul de Muzică din Glasgow, Concursul Solo Guitar, 2016 și 2017. Pe plan internațional, Samrat a câștigat Premiul al II-lea la Concursul Internațional de Chitară RAGO în februarie 2017, care a avut loc la Stuttgart, obținând un premiu de 1500,00 €. Samrat a primit Premiul Sam Hutchings Memorial Prize 2017 la Junior Academy, RCS, acordat unui elev aflat în ultimul an la Junior Conservatoire care, "pe o perioadă susținută de timp, a demonstrat un angajament excepțional și o muncă asiduă care a dus la progrese semnificative". Ca interpret, Samrat a împărțit concerte la Festivalul West End din Glasgow (2015, 2016 și 2017), la Recitalul de muzică de cameră de la Leeds Lunchtime (octombrie 2016), la High School of Glasgow Spring Concert, interpretând Concertul pentru lăută cu orchestră de Vivaldi, Grossalmerode, Germania (iulie 2017), la Classical Guitar Retreat, Isle of Cumrae, la Young Artist Platform și ca membru al Guitar Foundation of America Summit Member în California, SUA (iunie 2017). Este, de asemenea, un muzician de cameră care cântă ca membru a două orchestre din Marea Britanie: Da Capo Alba, cea mai mare orchestră de mandoline și chitare din Scoția și National Youth Guitar Ensemble. Samrat a cântat, de asemenea, în grupuri camerale cu alți chitariști, violoniști și membri ai orchestrelor. În 2016, Samrat a fost acceptat ca membru al Orchestrei Europene de Chitară și Mandolină pentru Tineret (EGMYO), care a susținut concerte în Luxemburg și Germania în vara anului 2016. Lui Samrat îi place să cânte diverse stiluri de muzică, iar repertoriul său se întinde de la muzica veche până la muzica contemporană a secolului XXI.

HU

Samrat 6 éves korában kezdett el gitározni, és 10 évesen az RSAMD Junior Academy of the RSAMD (ma Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, RCS) növendéke lett, ahol részmunkaidőben tanult az elismert zeneszerző és tanár, Peter Stewart irányításával. Idén szeptemberben Samrat nappali tagozatos hallgatóként kezdi meg tanulmányait az RCS-en a BMus in Performance szakon. Samrat juniorként különböző versenyeken nyert díjakat, többek között az RCS Junior Conservatoire Prize for Guitar első díját három egymást követő évben (2015-2017), valamint a glasgow-i gimnázium "MusicFest" hangszeres versenyének első díját szintén három egymást követő évben (2015-2017), Iain Fraser-díj vonósok számára a High School of Glasgow-ban 2017-ben, első díj a Louis de Bernières Reneszánsz és Régi Zenei Versenyen a Banjo, Mandolin és Gitár Fesztiválon (BMG) 2016-ban, első díj a Merit Challenge szólóversenyen, BMG 2016 és első díj két egymást követő évben a Glasgow Music Festival szólógitárversenyén, 2016 és 2017. Nemzetközi szinten Samrat 2017 februárjában 2. díjat nyert a RAGO Nemzetközi Gitárversenyen, amelyet Stuttgartban rendeztek meg, 1500,00 eurós díjat nyerve. Samrat elnyerte a 2017-es Sam Hutchings Emlékdíjat a Junior Akadémián, RCS-ben, amelyet a Junior Konzervatórium utolsó évfolyamán tanuló olyan diáknak ítélnek oda, aki "tartósan, jelentős fejlődéshez vezető, kivételes elkötelezettségről és kemény munkáról tett tanúbizonyságot". Előadóként Samrat koncertezett a glasgow-i West End Fesztiválon (2015, 2016 és 2017), a Leeds Lunchtime Chamber Music Recitalon (2016. október), a High School of Glasgow tavaszi koncertjén, ahol Vivaldi lantversenyét játszotta zenekarral, Grossalmerode, Németország (2017. július), Classical Guitar Retreat, Isle of Cumrae, a Young Artist Platformon és a Guitar Foundation of America Summit Memberként Kaliforniában, USA-ban (2017. június). Emellett kamarazenészként két nagy-britanniai zenekar tagjaként is játszik: Da Capo Alba, Skócia legnagyobb mandolin- és gitárzenekara és a National Youth Guitar Ensemble. Samrat más gitárosokkal, hegedűsökkel és zenekari tagokkal kamaraegyüttesekben is játszott. 2016-ban Samratot felvették az Európai Gitár és Mandolin Ifjúsági Zenekar (EGMYO) tagjává, amely 2016 nyarán Luxemburgban és Németországban adott koncerteket. Samrat szívesen játszik különböző stílusú zenét, repertoárja a régizenétől a 21. századi kortárs zenéig terjed.