TIGRAN HAMASYAN ՏԻԳՐԱՆ ՀԱՄԱՍՅԱՆ
Genres: World Fusion, Post Bop, 21st Century Modern, Third Stream, Post-Fusion Contemporary, Jazz Related Soundtracks • Armenia

Armenian pianist and composer whose work in classical, jazz, and indie pop made him a major figure on the global music scene. Tigran Hamasyan was Armenian by descent -- he was born in 1987 in Gyumri, Armenia -- but raised in Los Anegeles where he first encountered pop and jazz. Although he was first moved as a child by the rock sounds of the giants of the '60s and '70s -- Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, the Beatles -- Hamasyan would focus his sights musically on jazz, becoming an adept piano player in the style as a youngster. Moved by the sounds of Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, Art Tatum, and Miles Davis, Hamasyan found himself part of the festivities at the Yerevan Second International Jazz Festival in 2000. He would go on just a few years later to win a number of contests, one of which was at the 2003 Montreux read more...