Thursday, December 15, 2011

euronews musica: Monte Carlo Jazz Festival hosts 2 outstanding performers: Tigran Hamasyan & Avishai Cohen

Published on Dec 15, 2011 by
http://www.euronews.net/ The latest edition of the Monte Carlo Jazz Festival ended on a virtuoso note thanks to two spectacular artists: one is Israeli bass player extraordinaire Avishai Cohen, the other is the dynamic, Armenian, pianist Tigran Hamasyan, who retraces the folk footsteps of his homeland through his musical prowess.

Tigran Hamasyan explained his technique to euronews: "The way I approach Armenian folk music is actually that I write melodies that sound like Armenian folk music, it's just like learning a language and [then] composing in that language.
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Avishai Cohen Trio - Remembering (live)

Avishai Cohen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Avishai Cohen may refer to: Avishai Cohen (bassist) (born 1970), Israeli jazz bassist; Avishai Cohen (trumpeter) (born 1978), Israeli-born jazz trumpeter based in ...
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Forgotten World Music by Tigran Hamasyan
Video by Evi Keller

Tigran Hamasyan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Tigran Hamasyan (born July 17, 1987) is an Armenian jazz pianist. He plays mostly original compositions, which are strongly influenced by the Armenian folk ...

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