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Tigran Hamasyan

In its ever-evolving state, jazz invites into its fold imaginative artists who freely and courageously pursue their own vision, not only built on tradition but also infused with their own personality and passion. In the case of pianist/keyboardist Tigran Hamasyan, potent jazz improvisation fuses with the rich folkloric music of his native Armenia. Turning 30 in 2017, he’s one of the most remarkable and distinctive jazz-meets-rock pianists of his generation. Tigran’s fresh sound is marked by an exploration of time signatures beyond 4/4 into 5/4 and 9/8, charged dynamics, the shifting between acoustic and electric modes of expression, all undergirded by an affinity to the grind of heavy metal.

Album

Manifeste

By Tigran Hamasyan

Label: Naive
Released: 2026
Track listing: Prelude for All Seekers; Yerevan Sunrise; Manifeste; One Body, One Blood; Seven Sorrows; Years Passing (For Akram); Dardahan; War Time Poem; The Fire Child (Vahagn Is Born); Ultradance; E Flat Venice – Per Mané; A Window from One Heart to Another (For Rumi); A Eye (The Digital Leviathan); National Repentance Anthem.

Article: Album Review

Tigran Hamasyan: Manifeste

by Marco Iacoboni
August 24, 2026

Se è vero che, armonicamente, non ci sia più nulla da scoprire e che, ritmicamente, non ci sia più nulla di rilevante da cercare oltre ciò che è stato prodotto finora, è altrettanto vero che il 99% delle idee ritmiche più interessanti sono state create dai maestri della musica indiana carnatica. E allora tutto ...

Video

Solo Concert at La Roque d'Antheron

Featuring the music of Tigran Hamasyan
Duration: 59:35
August 23, 2026

Tigran Hamasyan is a virtuosic pianist who intermingles sounds from his home country of Armenia with jazz and rock. He won the Montreux Jazz Festival’s Piano Competition at age 16 and the Thelonius Monk International Jazz Piano Competition at 18. Hamasyan’s performance at La Roque D’Antheron (a village in southern France with a 12th century abbey, set in the steep limestone foothills) displays his solo talents in abundance. If you must, set the video on background listening until the waves of sound compel you to pay attention (starting around 4:21). His climaxes could be compared to Keith Jarrett sessions played on an LP turning at 43 RPM and set at volume 7 or 8. To get a sense of the artist’s breadth, also watch the video clip “Tigran Hamasyan - War Time Poem,” whose electronic sounds and hard rock interjections remind us of the stress of war on children.

Article: Interview

Tigran Hamasyan’s Manifeste Destiny

by John Chacona
May 11, 2026

Tigran Hamasyan does not shy away from the big gesture. His fearsome keyboard technique, compositional ambition and improvisational daring have defined his international career, which ignited at age 18 with the release of his first album, World Passion (Plus Loin Music, 2006). Two decades later, these qualities have been refined and expanded with the results on ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Ben Wendel: Assembling The Mallet Avengers

by Lawrence Peryer
April 18, 2026

Today, The Tonearm's needle drops on saxophonist and composer Ben Wendel.Ben is a Grammy-nominated saxophonist, composer, and co-founder of Kneebody, with a discography that covers post-bop, chamber jazz, and electronic music. He's worked with Bill Frisell, Tigran Hamasyan, Terence Blanchard and yes, Prince.His album BaRcoDe (Edition Records, 2026) is built around a ...

Article: Album Review

Lars Danielsson Liberetto: Echomyr

by Neil Duggan
April 5, 2026

The Lars Danielsson Liberetto ensemble has assembled a distinctive body of work over its four previous albums. That development and continuity derive from his core partners for over 15 years, drummer Magnus Ostrom (Esbjorn Svensson Trio) and UK guitarist John Parricelli. They were joined in 2017 by Martinican pianist Gregory Privat, who replaced original member Tigran ...

Article: Album Review

Ben Wendel: BaRcoDe

by Neil Duggan
April 3, 2026

BaRcoDe marks the formation of a new ensemble and the debut album from tenor saxophonist Ben Wendel. An electroacoustic project for saxophone and mallets, it brings together a stellar cast of contemporary vibraphonists and percussionists in Joel Ross, Simon Moullier, Patricia Brennan and Juan Diego Villalobos. A two-time Grammy nominee and co-founder of Kneebody, ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Trish Clowes, Louise McMonagle, The Messthetics, Noah Garabedian & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
March 14, 2026

Enjoy a playlist of music that slips through the cracks, rewards the open ear; and often crosses cultural and stylistic borders.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Olivier Hutman, Lamine Cissokho “Song for My Father" The Following (Fremaux) 0:16 Host talks 4:06 The Messthetics, James ...

Article: Album Review

Tigran Hamasyan: Manifeste

by Mike Jurkovic
March 2, 2026

One would not be accused of spreading false theory if one were broadcasting the news that Armenian pianist/composer Tigran Hamasyan has a riot of ideas about things a lot of us take for granted or do not consider at all. Because Hamasyan, winner of the Montreux Jazz Festival Solo Piano Competition in 2003, puts it all ...