Jazz piano prodigy Tigran Hamasyan will perform a rare Los Angeles area concert on January 15.

Tigran is a recent winner of the world-renown Thelonious Monk Piano Competition and the Montreux Jazz Solo Competition. Originally from Armenia and living in Paris now, Hamasyan combines the folk melodies of his home country with the complexities of jazz. Described by the NY Times as "intensely searching…an intuitive force," this will be an energetic and visceral experience. The show will celebrate the upcoming release of Tigran's solo album on Universal France, The Broad Stage reported.