ARMENIAN PIANIST WINS JAZZ COMPETITION
PanARMENIAN.Net
25.09.2006 13:35 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian pianist Tigran Hamasyan was announced the
winner of the 20th Anniversary Thelonious Monk Jazz Competition. As
reported the press office of the U.S. Embassy in Yerevan, Hamasyan
was awarded a $20 thousand prize for original performance of Cherokee
by Ray Noble and Solare by Miles Davis.
19-year-old pianist was born in Gyumri and currently studies jazz
in the California University. Tigran Hamasyan took part in various
contests, festivals and concerts in Europe. Not long ago he won the
contest of jazz soloists in Monaco.