Embracing at UNESCO's 1st International Jazz Day Launch Concert in Paris on 27 April – when they met up at Festival Orleans Jazz in 2008, Herbie quipped "Tigran, amazing, he's now my teacher". http://bit.ly/Ks33Xd
Tigran with Herbie Hancock – UNESCO
Live at Later….with Jools Holland
What a year Tigran's having at the Beeb – first sweetener Jamie Cullum's Radio 2, onto Gilles Peterson's Radio 1 and Radio 6 and now, performing Live on the BBC's flagship music TV show "LATER…with Jools Holland". BBC Two, Tuesday 1 May at 10pm – with a recorded transmission on Friday 4 May at 11.50pm http://www.bbc.co.uk/later/ Autumn tour dates include opening night at London Jazz Festival (Nov. 9), Ireland's Cork Jazz Festival….
Cully Jazz Festival – Trilok & Tigran in Duet
"The long duet was freely developed – there was many a nod and mutual glance – and the pianist's tricks and fancies sat well over chattering tablas, brushed snare and full-on drum kit rock. There were set-piece endings, synchronised stabs and a highlight vocal duet with Gurtu scatting tabla rhythms to Hamasyan's human beatbox pulse – lines were swapped, argued over and finally brought to heel." (Queen Elizabeth Hall, London 2011). Together on April 14 at Cully Jazz Festival: http://bit.ly/H4KzMl
Tigran remixes with LV for Gilles Peterson
For Gilles Peterson's final BBC Radio 1 programme he invited Tigran into the legendary Maida Vale studios in London. Hyperdub artist/producers LV (Portico Quartet, Nitin Sawhney, Rumer) joined the mix with their array of toys and you can hear one of the tracks, Explode from the session.
Catch it at precisely 1.22.50: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01dpnnw
Trilok Gurtu – Keynote Speaker, Leeds Conference
Trilok Gurtu has been announced as Keynote Speaker at the 2012 Leeds International Jazz Education Conference, Leeds College of Music on 29 March. The Conference will focus on Jazz Practice in the 21st Century and includes delegates from around the world participating in presentations, performances, workshops and discussion. Info at: http://bit.ly/yb17qD
Trilok's Solo Concert takes place at The Venue, Leeds College of Music at 8pm. For tickets: http://www.lcm.ac.uk/events/trilok-gurtu
Trilok Gurtu – Dubai
Trilok Gurtu performs at the Du World Music Festival, Dubai on March 13 at the spectacular Burj Steps, an amphitheatre-style expanse that sweeps down from the world's tallest tower (Burj Khalifa) to the Dubai Fountain.
Student Cultural Exchange – India & Belgium
Trilok appears at L'Arsenal, Namur on Feb 29, in cooperation with N8Jazz, University of Namur and FUCID, a non-profit association working with students to bring a sensitivity to the culture and reality of countries predominantly in the Southern hemisphere.
At the University on the 28th, Trilok will meet with students from India and Belgium to talk about his music, the meaning of his work and the message he wants to tell through it.
4.5**** A Fable in March’s Downbeat
…..The album's closing piece is Tigran's arrangement of the Armenian hymn "Mother, Where Are You?" which serves as a reflective and moving coda to this gorgeous album. Chris Robinson March 2012 Tigran Downbeat Review
A song of yearning and hope and praise
With a firm yet delicate touch….. Tigran plays what he says is "simply one of the most beautiful melodies I have ever heard". He's referring to the Armenian folk song "Mother, Where Are You?" which features on his recent release 'A Fable'. The song has also been recorded with the stunning soprano Gayane Movsisyan on his newly released EP 'EP No. 1' (Universal Classics/Verve).
Tigran performs UK/Ireland January 2012
Celebrating his "Les Victoires du Jazz 2011 Award" in Nice.
Tigran makes his debut in Ireland on January 24 at the National Concert Hall's John Field Room, Dublin performing from his new release 'A Fable' on Verve Records. Tickets at: http://bit.ly/oCXJVN
UK dates: 23 January at Glasgow's Celtic Connections; 25 January at The Stables, Milton Keynes; 26 January at Howard Assembly Rooms, Leeds.