Tigran Hamasyan

Please note: This concert version performance will feature Hamasyan’s musical compositions only – the fully realized staged version of the project will be presented in Belgium and Germany this year.

Jazz’s international reach means that American musicians often find passionate and knowledgeable audiences overseas, but the music has also settled in far-flung lands, leading to exquisite and unexpected hybrids. Armenian pianist Tigran Hamasyan embodies the way that jazz’s fertilization with traditions unconnected by African diasporic roots can lead to startlingly powerful new forms. He presents his expansive new project, The Bird of a Thousand Voices, joined by an outstanding ensemble.

His extraordinary albums document his ever-deepening engagement with Armenian folk music, and The Bird of a Thousand Voices takes his artistry to a new plateau. The suite is a reimagining of Hazaran Blbul, an ancient Armenian tale concerning a mythical bird whose songs bring harmony to the world.