Daniil Trifonov, piano

Daniil Trifonov, a Grammy Award–winning pianist praised by *The New York Times* as an artist of incandescent talent, returns to Washington Performing Arts’s Hayes Piano Series for a solo recital that spans continents and centuries. Combining consummate technique with rare sensitivity and depth, Trifonov presents a program that opens with Baroque works by Handel and closes with contemporary compositions from Latin America, including pieces by Ginastera, Villa‑Lobos, and Trifonov’s own tango. The journey moves through Stravinsky’s Piano Sonata and Schubert’s “Wanderer‑Fantasie” before entering a set of Dominican and Brazilian dances, milongas, and waltzes, all performed by what *The Times of London* calls “without question, the most astounding pianist of our age.”

When: Thursday, December 10, 2026, at 7:30 PM.

Venue: Music Center at Strathmore, North Bethesda, Maryland.

Program: George Frideric Handel – Suite in E Major; Igor Stravinsky – Piano Sonata; Franz Schubert – Fantasie in C Major, D.760, “Wanderer‑Fantasie”; Juan Francisco García – Sambumbia (Rapsodia Dominicana); Heitor Villa‑Lobos – Valsa da Dor, W. 316; Rafael Bullumba Landestoy – El Vals de Santo Domingo; Alberto Ginastera – Milonga, op. 3, no. 1; Daniil Trifonov – Tango; Bullumba Landestoy – Estudio en Zamba; Mozart Camargo Guarnieri – Dança Negra; Heitor Villa‑Lobos – Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4.

Tickets: Purchase through Washington Performing Arts; price is not currently listed.

Run time: Not specified in the source text.

Ages: Not specified; typical classical recital age policies may apply – check with venue.

Note: Trifonov first appeared on Washington Performing Arts’s Hayes Piano Series during the 2012/13 season and has since become a perennial favorite for local audiences.