Tigrane Kazazian is a French-Armenian composer, singer, oud player and multi-instrumentalist, who plays avant-garde, folk, and world music-inspired original compositions and was born at the foot of The Giza Pyramids on April 9, 1987, in Cairo, Egypt, to a composer and oud player, Georges Kazazian
At six years old, he would draw his father’s instrument, the oud. Fifteen years later, while listening to Georges Kazazian’s works, he discovered his own musical language and talent for composition. Tigrane Kazazian expresses himself through the oud
Tigrane was far from music growing up, as his father never imposed music on him, so he focused on tennis from the age of 5 to 17, aiming for a career in the sport, He played tennis at a high level, competing in Egypt and France
At 17 years old, he left Egypt to spend some time in France and returned to Cairo to study at the American University of Cairo. In 2007, Tigrane left for Canada to continue his studies at Concordia University in Montreal. Upon returning for a short break in Cairo, he borrowed an instrument (oud) from Georges, his father, and began his creative quest, self-teaching himself the oud, the guitar, and the piano
He has lived in Egypt, France, and Canada and is currently based in Armenia
He moved to Armenia to study at the Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan, in 2012
Furthermore, he and his father, Georges Kazazian, formed the Nour Project following an invitation by the Ministry of Culture of Armenia, in 2016
He formed the Kazazian trio, with renowned percussionist Eduard Harutyunyan and Duduk player Arsen Petrosyan, an artist nominated for Best Artist in the Songlines Music Awards, in 2018
Kazazian signed a deal with Gum (Green United Music) and Cezame Agency as the exclusive publishing company for his album Cairo Nights, in 2020
His album, Cairo Nights, was published by Green United Music. In the same year, his music was featured in documentaries including:
1915: le Génocide des chrétiens en Turquie
2 mois après le drame: les chrétiens se relèvent by France 2 and on RTS Swiss Radio, in 2021
In addition he formed the Tigrane Kazazian Quartet. The Quartet gave its first three concerts in Armenia as part of the Francophonie Organization, in 2022
Tigrane also collaborated with Swiss composer-musician Albin Brun in a show commemorating the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Switzerland and Armenia on April 21, 2022, in Yerevan, Armenia
Discography
“A Lifelong Love Part A – Still Love”
“A Lifelong Love Part B – Still Love”
“Nowhere Now Here – Now Here”
“Watching The Flames – Nar”
“Shifting Sands – Moving Sands”
“Streams And Rivers – Love Stream”
“Blooming At Night Part A – Lila”
“Blooming At Night Part B – Lila”
“Enlightening The Way – La Voie”
“A Dialogue Part A – Dia-Logue”
“A Dialogue Part B – Dia-Logue”
“Cairo Nights Part A – Cairo Nights”
“Cairo Nights Part B – Cairo Nights”
“Whitewashed Walls – Baleares”
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