UT Concert Hall brings you excellent performances that were given at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, spotlighting faculty, guest artist, and graduate student recitals, as well as student ensemble performances. Join local host and producer, Melony Dodson, for this hour-long program, as she transports you to Cox Auditorium and/or the Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall to hear these world class performances. Thursday night at 8pm and Sunday evenings at 7pm.
UT Concert Hall, September 3 and 6, 2026
Sonata Evening
Miroslav Hristov, violin
Pepron Pilibossian, piano
Sunday, September 07, 2025 at 3:30 p.m.
Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall
Natalie L. Haslam Music Center
PROGRAM
Sonatina for Piano & Violin in D Major, D. 384
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
⠀⠀⠀I. Allegro molto
⠀⠀⠀II. Andante
⠀⠀⠀III. Allegro vivace
Sonata for Violin & Piano in G Minor (g minor)
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
⠀⠀⠀I. Allegro vivo
⠀⠀⠀II. Intermède. Fantastique et léger
⠀⠀⠀III. Finale. Très animé
Sonata for Violin & Piano No. 2 in G Major, Op. 13
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
⠀⠀⠀I. Lento doloroso - Allegro vivace
⠀⠀⠀II. Allegretto tranquillo
⠀⠀⠀III. Allegro animato
Artist Biography
Pepron Pilibossian has established herself as an educator, recitalist and chamber musician in high demand. A winner of numerous national and international competitions, scholarships and awards, she has performed throughout the United States, Canada, Spain and Bulgaria. Recent appearances include Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Walt Disney Hall, Zipper Hall, and SOKA - where, whit only two days notice, she performed with Timothy Landauer in all Beethoven concert of the Pacific Symphony. Pepron has been a soloist with Varna Philharmonic, Shumen Symphony, LSU Symphony, Rapides Symphony, Saddleback Symphony among others. She has performed with distinguished artist such as Livia Sohn, Kenneth Grant, Emilio Colon, and as an accompanist for master classes given by Boris Belkin, Charles Castelman, Fredell Lack, Benjamin Kamins, Midori, Yfrah Neaman, Charles Neidich, Gustav Rivinius, Sergiu Shwartz, Janos Starker, Camilla Wicks to name a few. Summer festivals performances include Varna Summer, Sarasota, Music Academy of the West, The Kapelle Trio and Round Top International Music Festivals. Ms. Pilibossian has served as an official accompanist for the DuCrest International Competition and as opera teaching assistant and studio accompanist at USC. In 2008, Pepron was invited to be the collaborative pianist-in-residence at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity in Alberta, Canada and The Master Classes for Musical Improvement in Felechosa, Spain. She has also held teaching and collaborative pianist positions at the Colburn School, Orange County School of the Arts, University of Southern California, University of California Los Angeles, Occidental College, East Los Angeles Community College, Idyllwild Arts Summer Program and Lincoln University. Currently she fulfills her passion for mentoring young musicians as a lecturer of piano and collaborative pianist at Delaware State University. Her performances and recordings have been broadcasted on Radio Varna, Bulgarian National Radio and Television, Baton Rouge local TV channels, KLSU, KUSC, PBS, and a promotional DVD for the Music Academy of the West.