Jazz’s international reach means that American musicians often find passionate and knowledgeable audiences overseas, but the music has also settled in far-flung lands, leading to exquisite and unexpected hybrids. Armenian pianist Tigran Hamasyan embodies the way that jazz’s fertilization with traditions unconnected by African diasporic roots can lead to startlingly powerful new forms. Taking full advantage of Miner Auditorium’s immersive media system, he presents his expansive new transmedia project, The Bird of a Thousand Voices.

all titles composed by Tigran Hamasyan
The Bird of a Thousand Voices
The Curse
The Quest Begins
Areg’s Calling
Areg and Manushak
Red, White and Black Worlds
Prophecy of Sacrifice
He Refuses to be Immortal
Forty Days in the Realm of the Bottomless Eye
Flaming House
Only the One who Brought the Bird can make it Sing
Intro to The Kingdom
The Kingdom
The Well of Death and Resurrection

Tigran Hamasyan piano, keyboards
Yessaï Karapetian keyboards
Marc Karapetian bass
Matt Garstka drums
Areni Agbabian vocals