Tigran's talent as a jazz pianist was first revealed in 2000 at a Jazz Festival in Yerevan. In 2003, he won first prize at the Juan-les-Pins competition in the intrumental jazz category, so this 17-year old is well on his way to go to the top of his profession. In his first album, Introducing Tigran Hamasyan, he shows a real maturity as a jazz pianist with his very own style which owes much to the influence of predecessors such as Bill Evans and Keith Jarret, and to the sound of his home country.

Philippe and Christophe LE VAN (2003, 2004)

In Philippe (drums) and Christophe (bass), France has one of the most solid rhythm duo. Philippe has performed with Didier Lockwood, Michel Petrucciani, Haze Greenfield, Christophe accompanied Dee Dee Bridgewater, Michel Legrand, Ray Charles, to name but a few.

Official website :

www.tigranhamasyan.am

Album/CD :

Trio (2002)

Ch et Ph Le Van

Christophe and Philippe Le Van

Eric Barret

Eric Barret

Eric BARRET (2004)

Guest of Tigran Hamasyan for a concert at the 2004 Serres Jazz Festival, Eric Barret, saxophone, is also a composer of renown in France. He is especially known for his inventiveness on stage and his disciplined approach to music.

Born in 1959, Eric Barret started his career with Urban Sax, followed by playing with the greats of French Jazz, M. Vander, R. Urtreger. From 1985 onwards he constituted a trio with Henri Texier and Aldo Romano. This record obtains the Prix Boris Vian, awarded by the Académie de Jazz. He also performs together with Steve Grossman, Art Farmer, Kenny Wheeler, Barry Altschul.

In 1989, he forms a quartet with Marc Ducret, Hélène Labarrière, Peter Gritz, and a further quartet, European Meeting, with Peter Gritz, Danilo Rea, Ricardo del Fra. Eric Barret teaches at the music academy of Bagneux (Paris).

Further reading : le Dictionnaire du Jazz .

contacts

Artistic Production

Agence Internationale

du Spectacle

artistic33@wanadoo.fr

Albums/CD

selection :

Barret/Romano/Texier - Carlyne 13 (Prix Boris Vian de l'Académie du jazz)
Orchestre National de Jazz 86 / François Jeanneau - Label bleu 6503/4

Linkage - Eric Barret Simon Goubert - Marge 26

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