About

Known credits:
4
Birthday:
1987-07-17
Place of birth:
Armenia
Website:
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Tigran Hamasyan

Overview

Tigran Hamasyan (Armenian: Տիգրան Համասյան; born July 17 1987) is an Armenian jazz pianist and composer. He plays mostly original compositions, strongly influenced by the Armenian folk tradition, often using its scales and modalities. In addition to this folk influence, Hamasyan is 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 music. Even in his most overt jazz compositions and renditions of well-known jazz pieces, his improvisations often contain embellishments based on scales from Middle Eastern/Southwest Asian traditions.

Known for

Acting

2013 Tigran Hamasyan, Jan Bang & guest Eivind Aarset - The Punkt Festival Actor 59
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2010 Dhafer Youssef - Jazz sous les Pommiers Actor 58
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Sound

2024 My Sweet Land Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2019 They Say Nothing Stays the Same Sound Original Music Composer 58
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