Stunning: that’s the word that immediately comes to mind when you let yourself be swept away by Tigran Hamasyan’s music.
For over a decade, the pianist has been exploring ever-new combinations of cultures and aesthetics: *Manifeste*, his latest album, proudly proclaims this boundless taste for fusion. Somewhere between reverie and fury, percussive bursts and cascades of electronic notes, Tigran Hamasyan blends the effervescence of progressive rock with the untamed energy of jazz, using the folk music of his native Armenia as a starting point. You come away from listening to it literally spellbound.
How to get there ?