Tigran Hamasyan

“A-may-zing! Now, Tigran, you are my teacher” – Herbie Hancock on stage at the New Orleans Jazz Festival

 

Hard rhythms, ethereal voices, a pristine piano playing ancient melodies that mix jazz, minimalism, electronics and folk… Tigran Hamasyan’s music, either as a soloist or with his electroacoustic trio, escapes from any label. He is a unique personality among the current scene, not only due to his fresh and powerful improvisation but also because of his restlessness and the fact that he almost always plays his own compositions, in which jazz and the folklore of his country, Armenia, produce an unmistakable sound that has seduced critics and audience.