| For Gyumri | |
| Type: | EP |
| Artist: | Tigran Hamasyan |
| Length: | 29:34 |
| Cover: | For Gyumri.png |
| Label: | Nonesuch Records |
| Released: | 2018 |
| Prev Title: | An Ancient Observer |
| Prev Year: | 2017 |
| Next Title: | They Say Nothing Stays The Same (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) |
| Next Year: | 2019 |
| Genre: | Armenian folk music, jazz fusion and other styles |
For Gyumri is the 3rd extended play by Tigran Hamasyan and was released 16 February 2018.[1] [2] Tigran considers this EP a companion work to his 8th album An Ancient Observer, which was released the year before.[1] [2] [3] [4] Similarly to An Ancient Observer, this work is mostly solo piano with use of sparing vocals.[1] The album is named after the city Gyumri and is where Tigran was born.[5] [2] [6] This was his 3rd release on Nonesuch Records, with the two previous releases being An Ancient Observer and Mockroot.[7] Tigran said that this album "... is an ode to my birthplace, the town that nourished my childhood world with great experiences and made me who I am".[7] He performed this EP in Royce Hall at University of California, Los Angeles, and part of the proceeds went to the Children of Armenia Fund.[8] [9] [10]