Tigran Hamasyan

NPR Tiny Desk (Home) Concert from 2020. This solo piano set cuts straight to the core of Hamasyan's music — around 20 minutes including 'Road Song' and several other pieces. A different quality from his studio recordings: just one person in dialogue with the space.

— NPR Music Tiny Desk (Home) Concert, 2020

Live at Jazz à la Villette, Paris, 2013, filmed by Qwest TV. This footage proves Hamasyan is not merely a technician — he carries the memory of Armenian land and contemporary jazz in a single body.

— Qwest TV — Jazz à la Villette 2013, 2013

Audiotree From Nothing session, 2024, duo with Evan Marien. Includes recent pieces like 'Levitation 21' and 'Areg and Manushak'. What strikes most is how the two use silence between them.

— Audiotree From Nothing, 2024

Tigran HamasyanTigran Hamasyanティグラン・ハマシアン's StandArt deliberately chose tunes favored by Charlie Parker and Miles Davis and played them without importing Armenian modes. In JAZZIZ he said he wanted to take off his own style for once and try to be straightforward toward the tradition.

— Tigran Hamasyan: StandArt and the Living Tradition, JAZZIZ, 2022

StandArt's guest list included Mark TurnerMark Turnerマーク・ターナー, Joshua RedmanJoshua Redmanジョシュア・レッドマン, and Ambrose AkinmusireAmbrose Akinmusireアンブローズ・アキンムシーレ. According to JAZZIZ, Tigran HamasyanTigran Hamasyanティグラン・ハマシアン rewrote the modulation keys to fit each guest's range, while keeping the rhythmic engine of Matt Brewer and Justin BrownJustin Brownジャスティン・ブラウン unchanged.

— Tigran Hamasyan: StandArt and the Living Tradition, JAZZIZ, 2022

"I wanted to take off my own style for once and try to be straightforward toward the tradition."

On the intent behind StandArt (2022).