About the Concert
Tigran Hamasyan's jazz sensibility and broad knowledge give him so many options that the music has a constantly capricious variety, even if the jazz soloing stays on a tight leash.
‘Like the late-lamented Svensson, Hamasyan is a jazz pianist who composes like a songwriter and is influenced by his homeland's folk music. He's also a pop and dance fan who loves seeing audiences jumping in the air rather than tapping jazz-savvy feet. But Hamasyan really does turn it all the way up to 11 (he liked Black Sabbath as a child, and it shows) and – at least in his current stage show – keeps his huge pianistic and improv gifts tightly under wraps.’ The Guardian
