BBC - Radio 3 - Womad2005 - Tigran Aleksnayan

TIGRAN ALEKSANYAN
(ARMENIA)

Read an interview with Tigran

See of pictures of their performance at WOMAD

Tigran Aleksanyan is an Armenian who has settled in the UK and is making a name for himself as a master of those wind instruments at the core of the meltingly mournful music of Armenia; the duduk , the zurma, and something known intriguingly as the Armenian apricot flute. Aleksnayan has recently been collaborating with Andrew Cronshaw, the UK's don of gentle folksy experimentalism, whose CD Chrome won the Critics Award at the 2004 BBC World Music Awards.

Tigran will be performong with Mostafa Shams who was born in Tehran into an Azarbaijani family and has been playing the Tonbak, Daf (Gaval) and Naghara (Dohl) since an early age. He has carried out an extensive study of different styles of playing and notating the Tonbak and Daf. He cites both past and present virtuosos of the instrument as influences, such as Hussein Tehrani , Amir Naser Eftettah , Bahman Rajabi , Morteza Ayan , Naser Farhangfar and has performed with many outstanding musicians such as Reza Shaffiian (Santoor), Reza Ghassemi (Sehtar), Esfandiar Monfaredzadeh (Barbat), Zeidolah Toulouie (Tar), Tooraj Kiaras (Vocal) and Rahmatullah Badiei (Kamancheh and Violin).

Andy Morgan

See Tigran, Saturday 5.00-5.45pm, World On Your Street Tent

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Rozan Garebegian
I did enjoy listening to this magical and outstanding Duet of duduk and Naghara and solo performances of both artists on Tonbak/Daf and Duduk/zorna. Thanks to Womad and BBc radio three for proving this unique opportunity in diaspora to see these wonderful artist and listen to their fabulous performances. I sincerely hope to meet these artist next year again to take me on board for yet another magical life journey. Rozan

HANNAH
IT WAS BEATHTAKING PERFORMANCE OF DUDUK AND NAGHARA/TONBAK AND DAF. RHYTHM POWER AND SOUL MUSIC AND THANKS TO BBC RADIO THREE AND WOMAD FOR INVITING SUCH HIGH CALIBRE ARTISTS. ALL TH E BEST. HANNAH

toffe - london
tigran is very talented musician who is making his own why in playing such unique emotional instrument,he plays it from his deep heart,when you listen to him you feel as if you are in another world......l think he is going to be a big name in music...wish him the very best of luck and success in the future.....

ararat London
I attended the festival and saw Aleksanyan and Mostafa Shamas play. The sounds were benie and the mastery of the players was to a degree were it makes sure to capture the imagination and puts one through the trans of unimaginable. will go to see and hear them any time, just a shame there was no recording to be purchased.