Comfortable by Hamed Sadeghi

Hamed Sadeghi presents Comfortable, a new work for an 8-piece ensemble of tar, woodwinds, brass, double bass, and percussions that fills a room with something hard to name but impossible to ignore. It is music that feels familiar, yet never fully settles.

Described by Sydney Morning Herald as “one of Australia’s most poetic composers,” Sadeghi has spent years developing a compositional voice that sits outside easy categorisation. His original projects have been presented at the London Jazz Festival, Rome Jazz Festival, Auckland Arts Festival, WOMAD, Sydney Festival, and Brisbane Festival, and performed at venues including the Sydney Opera House.
Comfortable is built around contradiction. The music moves through long melodic lines and interwoven parts, where woodwinds and brass fold around the ancient resonance of the tar, and the ensemble functions less as individual players and more as a single extended instrument, one that breathes, contracts, and fills space with precision and physicality.
Rather than foregrounding solo displays, the work unfolds slowly and deliberately, shaped by deep musical thinking and a fascination with the space where comfort and unease coexist. 
Presented by Hamed Sadeghi, City Recital Hall and SIMA.

Supported by Creative Australia and Sound NSW.
Performers:

Hamed Sadeghi – Composer, Tar

Michael Avgenicos – Alto Saxophone

Tom Avgenicos – Trumpet

Paul Cutlan – Bass Clarinet

Sandy Evans – Soprano and Tenor Saxophone