Aaron Larget-Caplan
Aaron Larget-Caplan, the international recording and touring guitarist, is an award-winning composer, producer, publisher, and curator.
He has performed over 1000 concerts in the US, Europe and Asia, premiered over 120 compositions, and created 11 critically acclaimed solo albums, amassing 13 million streams since 2021. His collaborations have seen over 120 compositions premiered by 100 composers from 12 countries, including solos, chamber works, and pieces with electronics.
Larget-Caplan has composed and arranged over 85 works for guitar, chamber ensembles, and choir. Larget-Caplan’s compositional influences include John Cage, Toru Takemitsu, Paul Simon, and the many composers he has collaborated with.
Larget-Caplan’s groundbreaking arrangements and recording of the music of John Cage were specifically authorized by the John Cage Trust, the first for guitar, and have been lauded by audiences and critics.
A passionate performer of contemporary music, Larget-Caplan founded the New Lullaby Project to reach audiences outside academia and composers intimidated by writing for the guitar, for ‘Who’s afraid of a lullaby?!’ He has recorded three albums and curated two volumes of award-winning score anthologies: Nights Transfigured and Hushed. Both are published by the American Composers Alliance, who also publishes his original compositions.
Among his numerous awards is one from the Société Académique Arts-Sciences-Lettres of Paris, France, for his trail-blazing work in music. He was named Musician in Residence at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity in Canada, as well as at the John Cage Trust at Bard College.
Larget-Caplan is a frequent lecturer to high school and college students about creating a life of music, writing for guitar, extended techniques, John Cage, and creating commissioning projects.
Faculty appointments include the Boston Conservatory at Berklee School of Music and the University of Massachusetts Boston. Raised in Colorado, he makes his home in Boston, where he in on faculty at the New England Conservatory.
Aaron Larget-Caplan Revolutions in Music – Celebrating the USA at 250
American guitarist and composer Aaron Larget-Caplan commemorates the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence with a daring and eclectic program that reimagines the American sound through the classical guitar. Revolutions in Music brings together newly crafted arrangements of patriotic songs, visionary works by 20th- and 21st-century American composers, and unexpected forays into pop culture.
From the elegance of George Gershwin and the vitality of Leonard Bernstein, to the experimental brilliance of John Cage, the mystical colors of Alan Hovhaness, and the lyrical voice of Florence Price, the program showcases the wide spectrum of American creativity. Alongside these concert hall giants, Larget-Caplan highlights the poetic storytelling of Paul Simon, the electrifying innovation of Eddie Van Halen, and the dark romanticism of Edgar Allan Poe—all reframed through the expressive possibilities of six strings.
Rooted in Boston’s revolutionary spirit and reaching out across the nation, this program is both a tribute to history and a bold look toward the future—six strings of liberty resonating in celebration of America at 250.
