How Tigran Hamasyan Combines Metal, Polyrhythms and 3,500-Year-Old Folk Music

In this interview, I sit down with brilliantly innovative pianist and composer Tigran Hamasyan to explore his unique musical architecture. We discuss his evolution from growing up on Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin, to transcribing bebop legends like Charlie Parker, to completely relearning harmony after discovering ancient Armenian folk music. My Beato Club supporters: Justin Scott Terence Mark Jason Murray Lucienne Kilpatrick Alexander Young Jason Wagner Todd Ladner Rob Kline Nicholas Long Tim Benson Leonardo Martins da Costa Rodrigues Eddie Perez David Solomon MICHAEL JOYCE Stephen Stubbs colin stead Jonathan Wentworth-Linton Patrick Payne MATTHEW KARIS Matthew Barouch Shaun Samuels Danny Kurywchak Gregory Reedy Sean Coleman Alexander Verbitskiy CL Turner Jason Pappafotis John Fulford Margaret Carno Robert C David M Combs Eric Flatt Reto Spoerli Herr Moritz Adam Monte St. Johns Jon Beezley Peter DeVault Eric Nabstedt Eric Beggs Rich Germano Brian Bloom Peter Pillitteri Piush Dahal Toby Guidry