Described by Sydney Morning Herald’s John Shand as “one of Australia’s most poetic composers,” Hamed Sadeghi is a multi-award-winning Persian-Australian tar player and composer who is known for his seamless fusion of Persian classical music with Western contemporary and jazz traditions. Here he celebrates the launch of his new album, Comfortable; an evolution from his acclaimed Empty Voices project, Comfortable is a new work for a 9-piece ensemble built around tar, woodwinds, brass, double bass, and percussion, where the ensemble functions as a single extended instrument to delicately shape the listening experience.
Among his many accolades, Sadeghi has been nominated for ARIA Awards in both the Best World Music Album and Best Jazz Album categories. He has also been a finalist for the APRA Art Music Awards and nominated for Best Original Score at the Sydney Theatre Awards. As a classical Persian music soloist, Sadeghi has performed with notable Iranian figures, including maestro Shahram Nazeri and Aziz Shahrokh.
“Hamed Sadeghi has been a mainstay of Australia’s cultural landscape for the last ten years, weaving his Persian heritage, his technical virtuosity, his compositional prowess and his panache for collaboration and improvisation into an undeniable tour de force that continues to stun audiences around the world. SIMA is delighted to be presenting the album launch and premiere performance of his new large ensemble work. To have this bill augmented by the formidable and peripatetic Zela Margossian Quintet, who has developed a highly distinctive compositional voice and profound ensemble sound, is a dream. Come and hear improvisation as you never have before in one of Sydney’s most beautiful venues.” – Novak Manojlovic
