London Jazz Festival: Tigran Hamasyan – review

Wigmore Hall, LondonThe Armenian piano wunderkind Tigran Hamasyan is here to play from Fable, an album he released on Verve 18 months ago when he was only 22 years old. It's a debut that leaves you clutching at references. Like Bartók, he takes ancient folk themes from his home country and twist them into complex modernist miniatures. Like Liszt, he writes romantic piano solos with a sparkling right hand; like Keith Jarrett, he improvises funky gospel tunes, humming along with his own solos.How...

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