Matt Garstka

Tigran Hamasyan: Manifeste

by Mike Jurkovic
March 2, 2026

One would not be accused of spreading false theory if one were broadcasting the news that Armenian pianist/composer Tigran Hamasyan has a riot of ideas about things a lot of us take for granted or do not consider at all. Because Hamasyan, winner of the Montreux Jazz Festival Solo Piano Competition in 2003, puts it all out there with Manifeste. Hamasyan has clearly mastered the richly progressive vein of hard rock, prog rock, avant-garde fusion, and, most importantly, ...