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Armenian jazz pianist

Tigran Hamasyan
Born	(1987-07-17) July 17, 1987 (age 37) Leninakan, Armenian SSR, (now Gyumri, Armenia)
Genres	Jazz, jazz fusion, progressive rock, Armenian folk
Occupation(s)	Musician, pianist, composer
Instrument(s)	Piano, vocals
Years active	2001–present
Website	tigranhamasyan.com

Musical artist

Tigran Hamasyan (Armenian: Տիգրան Համասյան; born July 17 1987) is an Armenianjazzpianist and composer.

He plays mostly original compositions, strongly influenced by the Armenian folk tradition, often using its scales and modalities.

Hamasyan was born in Gyumri, near Armenia's border with Turkey.

Hamasyan was born in Gyumri, near Armenia's border with Turkey.

RATH: Hamasyan was born in Armenia, moved to Los Angeles and New York, then as an adult moved back to his homeland to get more in touch with his.

Born in Gyumri, Armenia in , composer, singer and musician Tigran Hamasyan is as comfortable with jazz as he is with Armenian folk music.

Born in Gyumri, Armenia, in , Tigran grew up in a household that was full of music—his father more of a rock fan while his uncle was a huge jazz buff.

Tigran Hamasyan is a jazz pianist, born in He is Armenian by descent, but lives and creates in the USA. Hamasyan first touched a piano at the age of three.

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