** UPDATE: this event now SOLD OUT - no tickets at the door**
Multi-ARIA award nominee composer and Persian Tar virtuoso, Hamed Sadeghi brings with him 6 world-class musicians for a brand-new work, Empty Voices.
Through his melancholic and spellbinding compositions, Sadeghi offers a unique and dazzling dialogue between a plucked section (tar, percussions, double bass) and a woodwind/brass section. The result is in an innovative blend of classic Persian sounds and contemporary jazz.
For the Empty Voices tour, Sadeghi leads a multi-generational ensemble comprised of internationally renowned Australian Jazz figures Sandy Evans, Paul Cutlan and Lloyd Swanton and rising stars Michael Avgenicos, Thomas Avgenicos and Adem Yilmaz.
Indeed the performance is a work of great mystique, and throughout Sadeghi continues to contemplate the notion of love. Influenced by Persian Sufism philosophy, Sadeghi says: “To be able to love someone or something honestly you need to be able to let yourself dissolve.”
“... astonishing power and convulsive impact.” – 4.5 stars, Sydney Morning Herald
Produced by Hamed Sadeghi
Co-producer: Cloé Fournier
Supporter and Funding Acknowledgement: NSW government through Create NSW
APRA AMCOS Art Music Fund in partnership with the Australian Music Centre and SOUNZ
Date: Saturday September 30, 2023
Time: Doors open 7.30pm, music from 8pm
Tickets: $35 adult; $30 W/Arts member (+companion tix available)
Venue: Wauchope Community Arts Centre Hall, Oxley Lane (beside Bain Park) WAUCHOPE
Be quick - the show recently performed at the Sydney Opera House to sold out audiences.
COVID Safety
Please bring a mask and practice social distancing where practical. If you feel unwell, need to isolate or test positive to COVID, DO NOT come - email info@wauchopearts.org.au to organise a refund.