Conducting debut at the Walt Disney Concert Hall.

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July 2022 | Tigran is the newly appointed Executive Director of Music Works Northwest. 

June 2022 | Tigran was accepted to ArtsWA’s Change Leader Institute. 

June 2022 | Tigran will conduct the North American Premiere of Alama de Tango by Adriana Figueroa Manas. Click here for The Leader article.

June 2022 | He will also conduct the world premiere of piano concerto by Derek Martinez performed by Dr. Oksana Ejokina.

April 2022 | Tigran will conduct the Pacific Northwest Premiere of Celebration Fanfare by Jeff Manookian and Drosera by Sonya Leonore Stahl.

February 2022 | He will be the narrator for a new program presented by renowned violist and composer, Melia Watras. 
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November 2021 | Peninsula Daily News
Port Townsend Symphony to perform live by Diane Urbani de la Paz (click here)

October 2021 | from The Leader
"Led by Arakelyan, a highly-esteemed conductor across the Pacific Northwest, the all-volunteer group will perform three classical pieces composed by Alan Hovhaness, Brenno Blauth, and Leoš Janácek. Arakelyan has brought a new level of competence to the nonprofit, bringing an annual chamber music program and a higher degree of passion and pride. Under the instruction of Arakelyan, the group’s sound and tone is anything but amateur..." Click here for full article.

October 2021 | Featured on the front cover of Peninsula Daily (Front cover (click here)  and article (click here).

October 2021 |  Tigran will conduct the Pacific Northwest premiere of Concertino for oboe and strings by Brenno Blauth with soloist Anne Krabill.