JFB 2023: Tigran Hamasyan Trio

Pianist Tigran Hamasyan spent formative years on the Los Angeles and New York scene, but never denied his Armenian roots in his music. Exactly opposite. Now, for the first time ever, he tackles the iconic songs of the Great American Songbook, without fear or excessive respect.
Hamasyan is a unique figure among pianists. It excels in its ability to bring sophisticated and challenging music to a wider audience. "I compose and play what comes from my heart - that's probably the trick," explains the pianist himself, who even as a toddler had a tendency to play with tape recorders or the piano instead of ordinary children's toys. After all, at the age of three he was already looking for ways to play songs by the Beatles, Louis Armstrong, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and Queen on the piano. When he was sixteen, his family moved to the United States, where Hamasyan soon won a number of piano competitions, including the top prize in the Monk Competition. The trophy is all the more valuable because the jury was chaired by Herbie Hancock. Since then, Hamasyan's professional career has begun, during which he has already released ten consecutive albums.