Reading Symphony Orchestra Spring Concert to feature pianist Vartan Arakelian

READING, Mass. — The Spring concert of the Reading Symphony Orchestra will feature the young Armenian pianist Vartan Arakelian, making his orchestral debut under the direction of music director and conductor George Ogata. The Saturday, March 21 concert program, titled "Rhythm and Fire," will feature the passionate Ritual Fire Dance from the ballet El amor brujo by Manuel de Falla, followed by the youthful and energetic Piano Concerto No. 1 by Sergei Prokofiev with Vartan Arakelian, 18, as s