Pianist Tigran Hamasyan Wins 2006 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Competition

A press release from the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz announcing that Armenian pianist Tigran Hamasyan had won first place in the 2006 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Competition.

The win came during the institute's 20th anniversary weekend in Washington, D.C., which included a gala at the Kennedy Center with Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter, Terence Blanchard and others, a tribute to Stevie Wonder presented by former secretaries of state Madeleine Albright and Colin Powell, and a White House dinner and concert.

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