Tigran is my hero/idol-type dude and by far my favorite musician. I just saw him live again two weeks ago, as he began his U.S. tour for the new album "Mockroot," following another master's degree at the Mannes school of music here in NYC. Basically, I think his work is genius, his skill and grace on the piano is unmatched by anyone i've seen in jazz today, and uncontested in composition and creativity with all this electronic shit going on in the new record.
Read this NPR piece! http://www.npr.org/2015/03/08/390756321/a-jazz-pianist-taps-armenian-folk-metal-riffs-and-a-sense-of-history
This song, "Kars 1," refers to the city of Kars (or Kharz) that was sieged during the Armenian Genocide and destroyed. He blends the sorrow, the fear, the anger, and the pride of the people of Kars with an old Armenian folk song mixed in (the opening vocals,) on which this whole piece is based.
Oh and, wait for it: the song evolves (devolves?) into an insane thrashing jazzy-metal throwdown.