by admin | Dec 28, 2017 | blog
What can one say of Tigran Hamasyan? He certainly is one of the best jazz musicians around. His compositions are wonderful, Western and Armenian melodies combining and fusing into a sophisticated emotive concoction of sonance. Tracks like Lilac and Markos and Markos...
by admin | Nov 15, 2017 | blog
As a teenager, my love of ACDC, The Specials and Public Enemy wouldn’t normally make me aware of a composer of Michael Nyman’s musical prowess. But I was, because his name was third down on a list in a football match day program, ripped out of and stuck on my...
by admin | Oct 1, 2017 | blog
Tigran Gaboyan on playing Varoujan We talk to Tigran on Skype, from his home in Gyumri. You can immediately feel that you’re talking to an actor, he’s comfortable on camera, and extremely articulate. He’s a gentle, handsome man, with a smile always ready to brighten...
by admin | Jun 12, 2017 | blog
Photographing “Taniel”: Tatev Vardanyan It was exciting to be invited to be the on set photographer for the filming of “Taniel”. I had worked other films’ sets before, music videos and documentaries, but never on a short film with a sizeable cast and...
by admin | Apr 1, 2017 | blog
Taniel or Daniel … and visiting Istanbul to find Varoujan’s Constantinople One question people regularly ask me about the film is why did I use the spelling Taniel and not Daniel. Interestingly, this is something I got wrong myself at the beginning but an...
