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Tigran Hamasyan is an Armenian jazz pianist and composer. He plays mostly original compositions, strongly influenced by the Armenian folk tradition, often using its scales and modalities. In addition to this folk influence, Hamasyan is influenced by American jazz traditions and, to some extent, as on his album Red Hail, by progressive rock. His solo album A Fable is most strongly influenced by Armenian folk music. Even in his most overt jazz compositions and renditions of well-known jazz pieces, his improvisations often contain embellishments based on scales from Middle Eastern/Southwest Asian traditions.
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Tigran Petrosian Chess House, officially the Central House of Chess-player named after Tigran Petrosian, is the centre of the sport of chess in Yerevan, Armenia. It was opened in 1970. In 1984, it was renamed after the former world chess champion Tigran Petrosian. The architect of the triangular-shaped building was Zhanna Meshcheryakova. Tigran Petrosian laid the first stone in the foundation of the building. Currently, the director of the centre is Hrachik Tavadyan.
Tigran is an Armenian given name. The historical name is Tigranes, primarily kings of Armenia.
Tigran Davtyan is a former Armenian football midfielder. He is the former head coach Armenian Premier League club FC Shirak.
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The European Party of Armenia (EPA) is a pro-European political party in Armenia. It was founded on 6 November 2018 by Tigran Khzmalyan. The party supports Armenia's accession process to the European Union and NATO.
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References
- ↑ Weltfussball
- ↑ Tigran Gspeyan at National-Football-Teams.com
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