Name Tigran Hamasyan Instruments Piano, vocals Role Pianist | Years active 2001–present Website tigranhamasyan.com | |
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Education University of Southern California Albums Luys I Luso, Mockroot, Shadow Theater, A Fable, Lobi Similar People Lars Danielsson, Magnus Ostrom, Arve Henriksen, Arto Tuncboyaciyan, Malik Mezzadri Profiles | ||
Tigran hamasyan piano solo on drums by helen de la rosa
Tigran Hamasyan (Armenian: Տիգրան Համասյան; born July 17, 1987) is an Armenian jazz pianist. He plays mostly original compositions, which are strongly influenced by the Armenian folk tradition, often using its scales and modalities. In addition to Tigran's folk influence, he is much influenced by American jazz traditions and to some extent, as on his album Red Hail, by progressive rock. His solo album A Fable is most strongly influenced by Armenian folk. Even on his most overt jazz compositions and renditions of well-known jazz pieces, his improvisations often contain embellishments based on scales from Middle Eastern/South Western Asian traditions.
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- Tigran hamasyan piano solo on drums by helen de la rosa
- Tigran hamasyan samsara
- Early life
- Career
- Awards
- Albums
- EPs
- Collaborations
- References
Tigran hamasyan samsara
Early life
Hamasyan was born in Gyumri, Armenia. His ancestors were from the Kars region. His father was a jeweler and his mother designed clothes. At the age of three he began to play melodies on his family's piano, and he went to a music school from the age of six. As a young child, he dreamed of being a thrash metal guitarist.
He studied jazz from the age of nine, then tried to incorporate local folk melodies into jazz-form improvisations when in his teens. At this stage, Hamasyan was influenced by Armenian composers Arno Babajanian and Avet Terterian. Hamasyan, together with his parents and sister, moved to Yerevan when he was around 10, and then to California when he was 16. He currently resides in Erevan, Armenia.
Career
Hamasyan recorded his first album, World Passion, at the age of 18. He spent a lot of 2013 in Armenia, which helped develop his interest in its folk music.
Awards
Albums
As lead artist