30 May 2026 Saturday 7pm Violin and Piano Masterworks ~ Arman Tigranyan, violin, and Francesca Hurst, piano; POTLUCK dinner buffet 101/52

30 May 2026 Saturday 7pm Violin and Piano Concert ~ Arman Tigranyan, violin, and Francesca Hurst, piano; POTLUCK dinner buffet 101/52

Program:
-Mozart - Sonata No.21 for Piano and Violin in E Minor, K.304
-Debussy - Sonata in G Minor for Violin and Piano, L.140
-Bartok - Romanian Folk Dances, Sz.56 (arr. by Zoltán Székely)
-Josef Suk - Love Song Op.7 No.1
-Gershwin/Heifetz - selections from Porgy & Bess
-Sarasate - Playera, Op.23 No.1 from Spanish Dances
-Ravel - Tzigane

Arman Tigranyan is a concert violinist with an international performing career. Praised by Paavo Järvi for his precision, charismatic presence, and ability to unify all elements of a performance, his artistic profile has been shaped through work as both violinist and conductor, including his tenure at the Mariinsky Theatre, one of the world’s leading opera houses.

Trained in the Russian violin tradition and educated in the United States, France, and Germany, Tigranyan began his musical studies under the guidance of his father, concert violinist Ashot Tigranyan, before continuing at the Central Music School of the Moscow Conservatory. Following his relocation to the United States, he received the Baroness Leni Fe Bland Foundation Award at the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, California.

His studies included work at the Peabody Conservatory with Victor Danchenko, in France with Jean Ter-Merguerian, and at the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe in Germany under Josef Rissin.

As a performing artist, he has appeared as soloist, chamber musician, concertmaster, and conductor, collaborating with artists including Kun-Woo Paik, Viktoria Mullova, and Alexander Toradze.

Parallel to his violin career, Tigranyan has developed an international conducting career, appearing with orchestras across Europe and Asia and working at the Mariinsky Theatre. His artistic development as a conductor was shaped through work with Neeme Järvi, Paavo Järvi, Kristjan Järvi, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Jorma Panula, Justus Frantz, and Colin Metters. At the Mariinsky Theatre, he participated in the first staging of Rossini’s L’Italiana in Algeri, conducting the opening performance alongside Valery Gergiev.
https://www.arman-tigranyan.com/

Dynamic and engaging, concert pianist Francesca Hurst delights audiences with a mix of classical and contemporary music. Listeners have described her playing as “moving and compelling” and “powerful yet sensitive”. At ease with a wide range of repertoire, she makes sense of the music regardless of style and period, is passionate about communicating with audiences, and has a special interest in performing music by women.

Francesca has appeared as a guest artist at festivals like the Atlantic Music Festival, New Music Delaware, New Music Gathering, Charlotte New Music Festival, and the Bang on a Can Music Marathon, and has performed at the Kennedy Center, the National Gallery of Art, and abroad in Bulgaria, Italy, Portugal, and France. During the pandemic, she created the 100-day online video series Daily Dose of Piano, which featured music from the Baroque to today, including 14 premieres. She is on the Virginia Commission for the Arts Performing Artist Touring Roster.

Francesca teaches piano and directs the piano pedagogy curriculum at The Catholic University of America, and maintains a private studio in Annandale, VA. She is also on the faculty of the Orfeo Music Festival in Italy. She is an MTNA Nationally Certified Teacher of Music, and is often invited to adjudicate competitions and give lectures and workshops. www.francescahurst.com

PotLuck Dinner Buffet. Host will provide two hot hors d'oeuvres & punch for potluck reception during intermission & beginning, when doors open. Guests are encouraged to bring food/wine to share/potluck; if considering a sweet, think about fruit instead of processed sugar. Music begins at 8pm, please be on time, 2 sets with 1 short intermission, rarely one longer set. Guests most welcome and encouraged to bring dish/drink to share/potluck, please consider bringing wine if you use it. Stemware/Ice Buckets/Filtered Water Provided.

Arrivals 7:7:30pm ...
-potluck dishes dining room
-wine, beverages: bar in galley
-important: coats and bags upstairs please
-arrivals: 7pm for social hour and POTLUCK DINNER buffet
- optional artist discussion/Q&A 7:35-7:55pm PROGRAM NOTES** BELOW
-concert seating opens: 8pm, music begins; 7:35pm for those attending artist discussion
-OK To take food/ wine into Music Studio
-outdoor cats live here
-2 upstairs galleries open, 2 upstairs lavatories, open in addiction to main lavatory rear of studio
- limited photographs, strictly for personal use may be taken. But may not be uploaded to data sites, shared via email nor posted on any social media sites ... images of guest faces and host home interiors are private. ... please and thank you.

** PROGRAM NOTES ... artist informal preconcert discussion w/Q&A 7:35-7:55pm in music studio: TBD

Your safety is paramount: covid vaccinated/booster guests preferred, or PCR tested (honor system). Please consider the newly released Flu and current covid vaccines.

What's the music?

Francesca Hurst

Arman Tigranyan Violin

Attendees

Wendy A.

KAREN F.

Robyn R.

+1

Charles H.

farideh Z.

+1

Ben K.