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
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 | Jun 12, 2017 | blog
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 crew. As the director Garo Berberian was a friend...
by admin | Apr 1, 2017 | blog
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 issue quickly addressed on a visit to Istanbul several years ago. “Anang che sais”....
