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 | Nov 5, 2017 | blog
When I first heard about “Taniel”, I wanted to be a part of the production. Taniel Varoujan is one of my favourite poets and he still has an important place in Armenian culture. When you get his art and the way he uses his pen to create a surreal world,...
by admin | Oct 29, 2017 | blog
When thinking about music for “Taniel” it was really important to first understand as much as possible about the man himself as a person, his poems, family, loves, passions and facts of his last months, before being able to create a soundtrack that would give the film...
by admin | Oct 1, 2017 | blog
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 his face. He laughs when Garo calls...
by admin | Aug 20, 2017 | blog
Varoujan is famous for his patriotic poetry, dedicated to his homeland and people, his songs of Armenian mountains and the villagers. His love poems, very romantic, sensual and erotic – are not as widely known, and “…Ո՛վ Լալագե” (…You, Lalage!) is one of them, and one...
