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Tigran Hamasyan launches a European tour, with music from his new album, An Ancient Observer, in Athens, Greece, on Saturday, making stops in France, Sweden, the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Luxembourg, and Armenia. Hamasyan has released a video giving an inside look at the first leg of his tour earlier this year. Watch the video, made by Elena Hamasyan, here.

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Tigran Hamasyan launches a European tour, featuring music from his new album, An Ancient Observer, with a performance at the Philological Association of Parnassos in Athens, Greece, on Saturday. The autumn tour, which continues through the end of November, makes stops in France, Sweden, the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Luxembourg, and Hamasyan’s home country of Armenia. See below for the currently announced dates or visit nonesuch.com/on-tour. To mark the start of the tour, Hamasyan has released a video giving an inside look at the first leg of his tour following the release of An Ancient Observer on Nonesuch Records earlier this year. You can watch the video, made by Elena Hamasyan and edited by Mihran Stepanyan and Elena Hamasyan, below.

An Ancient Observer includes ten new compositions, two of which are based on Armenian melodies. Some are through-composed and completely written out, while others are composed with ample space for Hamasyan to improvise. He cites a wide range of influences—from Baroque dance to hip-hop grooves adapted to piano—and the sounds of his native country of Armenia are present, as always. DownBeat exclaims: "It's simply breathtaking."

The Huffington Post calls Hamasyan "one of jazz's most dynamic artists ... [T]he influences of the music are manifold ... though the Armenian influence, which makes his music so uniquely outstanding, is prominent."

To pick up a copy of An Ancient Observer, head to iTunes, Amazon, and the Nonesuch Store, where CD and vinyl orders include a download of the complete album at checkout.

TIGRAN HAMASYAN ON TOUR

Oct 7 Philological Association of Parnassos Athens, GREECE
Oct 10 Festival Jazzèbre Perpignan, FRANCE
Oct 12 Stockholm Jazz Festival Källtorp, SWEDEN
Oct 13 Nancy Jazz Pulsations Nancy, FRANCE
Oct 14 Le Seine Musicale Boulogne-Billancourt, FRANCE
Oct 19 Concertgebouw - Recital Hall Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS
Oct 20 Jazz am See Allenbach, GERMANY
Oct 21 Prinzregententheater Munich, GERMANY
Oct 24 Jazz en Tête festival Clermont-Ferrand, FRANCE
Oct 25 Beethoven-Haus Bonn, GERMANY
Oct 27 Deutches Jazzfestival Frankfurt, GERMANY
Oct 28 L'Échandole Yverdon-les-Bains, SWITZERLAND
     
Nov 11 Gyumri V. Achemyan Town Drama Theatre Gyurmi, ARMENIA
Nov 21 Espace Marcel Carné Saint-Michel-sur-Orge, FRANCE
Nov 27 Padua Festival Padua, ITALY
Nov 30 Philharmonie Luxembourg, LUXEMBOURG
     
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Tigran Hamasyan: "Scenes from the Road," October 2017
  • Tuesday, October 3, 2017
    Watch: Tigran Hamasyan Shares Scenes from the Road Video Ahead of European Shows

    Tigran Hamasyan launches a European tour, featuring music from his new album, An Ancient Observer, with a performance at the Philological Association of Parnassos in Athens, Greece, on Saturday. The autumn tour, which continues through the end of November, makes stops in France, Sweden, the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Luxembourg, and Hamasyan’s home country of Armenia. See below for the currently announced dates or visit nonesuch.com/on-tour. To mark the start of the tour, Hamasyan has released a video giving an inside look at the first leg of his tour following the release of An Ancient Observer on Nonesuch Records earlier this year. You can watch the video, made by Elena Hamasyan and edited by Mihran Stepanyan and Elena Hamasyan, below.

    An Ancient Observer includes ten new compositions, two of which are based on Armenian melodies. Some are through-composed and completely written out, while others are composed with ample space for Hamasyan to improvise. He cites a wide range of influences—from Baroque dance to hip-hop grooves adapted to piano—and the sounds of his native country of Armenia are present, as always. DownBeat exclaims: "It's simply breathtaking."

    The Huffington Post calls Hamasyan "one of jazz's most dynamic artists ... [T]he influences of the music are manifold ... though the Armenian influence, which makes his music so uniquely outstanding, is prominent."

    To pick up a copy of An Ancient Observer, head to iTunes, Amazon, and the Nonesuch Store, where CD and vinyl orders include a download of the complete album at checkout.

    TIGRAN HAMASYAN ON TOUR

    Oct 7 Philological Association of Parnassos Athens, GREECE
    Oct 10 Festival Jazzèbre Perpignan, FRANCE
    Oct 12 Stockholm Jazz Festival Källtorp, SWEDEN
    Oct 13 Nancy Jazz Pulsations Nancy, FRANCE
    Oct 14 Le Seine Musicale Boulogne-Billancourt, FRANCE
    Oct 19 Concertgebouw - Recital Hall Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS
    Oct 20 Jazz am See Allenbach, GERMANY
    Oct 21 Prinzregententheater Munich, GERMANY
    Oct 24 Jazz en Tête festival Clermont-Ferrand, FRANCE
    Oct 25 Beethoven-Haus Bonn, GERMANY
    Oct 27 Deutches Jazzfestival Frankfurt, GERMANY
    Oct 28 L'Échandole Yverdon-les-Bains, SWITZERLAND
         
    Nov 11 Gyumri V. Achemyan Town Drama Theatre Gyurmi, ARMENIA
    Nov 21 Espace Marcel Carné Saint-Michel-sur-Orge, FRANCE
    Nov 27 Padua Festival Padua, ITALY
    Nov 30 Philharmonie Luxembourg, LUXEMBOURG
         
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