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NONESUCH RECORDS TO RELEASE LABEL DEBUT BY JAZZ PIANIST TIGRAN HAMASYAN
11:03, 05 Nov 2014
Nonesuch Records will release the label debut from jazz pianist
Tigran Hamasyan, Mockroot, in early 2015. Hamasyan is currently on
tour in Europe, with shows in France, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium,
and Switzerland, amongst others. Further details about the forthcoming
album and its release will be announced shortly, along with additional
international tour dates, the Nonesuch Journal reports.
Although trained as a classical and jazz musician, Tigran Hamasyan
draws on a wide range of influences, including Armenian folk music,
rock, beatbox, poetry, and more. In the past decade, with the release
of four critically acclaimed albums and an unceasing touring schedule,
he has built up a dedicated international following, as well as
accolades from the likes of Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, and Brad
Mehldau. In the words of the Guardian, Hamasyan "is guided by one of
[mentor and fan Herbie Hancock's] most enduring lessons: it's possible
to be a multi-stylistic jazz virtuoso and a groove-powered hitmaker
simultaneously and hugely enjoy all of it." The Times of London said
of his most recent release, 2013's Shadow Theater, "Armenian folk,
electronic loops, heavenly voices and indie rock energy vie with
Hamasyan's rippling piano to create a dramatic, deeply melodic music
unlike anything else you'll hear this year."
Hamasyan was born in Armenia in 1987, before relocating with his
family to Los Angeles in 2003. He currently resides in Erevan,
Armenia. He began playing piano at the age of three, and started
performing in festivals and competitions when he was 11 years old,
winning the Montreux Jazz Festival's piano competition in 2003. He
released his debut album, World Passion, at the age of 18 in 2006.
That same year he won the prestigious Thelonious Monk International
Jazz Piano Competition. Subsequent albums includeNew Era (2008), Red
Hail (2009), and A Fable(2011), for which he was awarded a Victoires
de la Musique (the equivalent of a Grammy Award in France). Most
recently he won the Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Contemporary
Music in 2013.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2014/11/05/nonesuch-records-to-release-label-debut-by-jazz-pianist-tigran-hamasyan/
11:03, 05 Nov 2014
Nonesuch Records will release the label debut from jazz pianist
Tigran Hamasyan, Mockroot, in early 2015. Hamasyan is currently on
tour in Europe, with shows in France, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium,
and Switzerland, amongst others. Further details about the forthcoming
album and its release will be announced shortly, along with additional
international tour dates, the Nonesuch Journal reports.
Although trained as a classical and jazz musician, Tigran Hamasyan
draws on a wide range of influences, including Armenian folk music,
rock, beatbox, poetry, and more. In the past decade, with the release
of four critically acclaimed albums and an unceasing touring schedule,
he has built up a dedicated international following, as well as
accolades from the likes of Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, and Brad
Mehldau. In the words of the Guardian, Hamasyan "is guided by one of
[mentor and fan Herbie Hancock's] most enduring lessons: it's possible
to be a multi-stylistic jazz virtuoso and a groove-powered hitmaker
simultaneously and hugely enjoy all of it." The Times of London said
of his most recent release, 2013's Shadow Theater, "Armenian folk,
electronic loops, heavenly voices and indie rock energy vie with
Hamasyan's rippling piano to create a dramatic, deeply melodic music
unlike anything else you'll hear this year."
Hamasyan was born in Armenia in 1987, before relocating with his
family to Los Angeles in 2003. He currently resides in Erevan,
Armenia. He began playing piano at the age of three, and started
performing in festivals and competitions when he was 11 years old,
winning the Montreux Jazz Festival's piano competition in 2003. He
released his debut album, World Passion, at the age of 18 in 2006.
That same year he won the prestigious Thelonious Monk International
Jazz Piano Competition. Subsequent albums includeNew Era (2008), Red
Hail (2009), and A Fable(2011), for which he was awarded a Victoires
de la Musique (the equivalent of a Grammy Award in France). Most
recently he won the Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Contemporary
Music in 2013.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2014/11/05/nonesuch-records-to-release-label-debut-by-jazz-pianist-tigran-hamasyan/