Convergence Concert Series

Multi-award-winning tar player and composer Hamed Sadeghi presents the Convergence concert series. The series of three acts featuring renowned and emerging musicians will take place at the stage of the Paddington Uniting Church on 24, 30, and 31 October.

Across three nights, audiences will journey with Sadeghi as he guides the tar by shifting musical landscapes from its dialogue with a string trio, to the drunkening depth of Persian classical, and finally into an intimate improvised duo with piano.

Convergence is the title of Hamed Sadeghi’s new composition supported by Creative Australia and Create NSW which will be recorded later this year by ABC Classic for broadcast and digital commercial release. The concert series aims to convey a deconstructed yet detailed performance of the composition’s roots and components in three acts.

Standing individually, all three acts make up a clearer image of Sadeghi’s musical universe and enthusiasts are encouraged to experience all three acts to be embraced by the voyage Sadeghi leads.

Convergence 1: Classical Exploration – Friday, 24 October 

• Hamed Sadeghi – Tar

• Freya Schack-Arnott – Cello

• Beth Cordon – Viola

• James Tarbotton – Violin

• Aida Manouchehr Pour – Soprano 

• Sohrab Kolahdooz – Percussion

Convergence 2: Persian Traditional  – Thursday, 30 October 

• Hamed Sadeghi – Tar

• Ramin Etemadzadeh – Avaz (vocal)

• Amir Salar Makhzani – Percussion

• Sina Bastami – Kamancheh

​​Convergence 3: Improvisation Duo – Friday, 31 October 

• Hamed Sadeghi – Tar

• Mike Nock – Piano