World-Famous Jazz Musician Tigran Hanesyan to Perform in Yerevan

On April 5, Yerevan’s Aram Khachaturian Concert Hall (also known as the Opera House) will host a concert by famous Armenian piano player and composer Tigran Hamasyan and ARRATA REBIRTH. The concert is sponsored by the US Embassy in Armenia and Armenian Jazz 70.

Born in 1987 in Armenian’s second largest city, Gyumri, Hanesyan became a revelation for the Armenian jazz community when he participated in the first Yerevan jazz festival in 1998. In 2000, he became acquainted with Stepan Kochoyan who played an important role in presenting Hamasyan to a European community of jazz lovers.

He has won several prizes in competitions such as Jazz a Juan Revelations (2003), Montreux Jazz Solo Piano Competition (2003), the Monaco Jazz Soloist Competition, and Martial Solal.

In 2004, he released his debut album recorded with WORLDS PASSION quartet. He was awarded the Thelonious Monk Prize in 2006 and recorded his Red Hall with ARATTA REBIRTH before he moved to New York in 2008.