Eishan Ensemble @ The Royal Exchange
Sat, 05 Oct
|The Royal Exchange Hotel
Time & Location
05 Oct 2019, 8:00 pm
The Royal Exchange Hotel, 34 Bolton St, Newcastle NSW 2300, Australia
About the event
casts a spell all its own. Astonishing power and convulsive impact. – John Shand, SMH ★★★★½
Lead by acclaimed Persian-Australian tar player and composer, Hamed Sadeghi, Eishan Ensemble draws on contemporary and classical music traditions of both East and West. The ensemble’s repertoire consists predominantly of Sadeghi’s original compositions with diverse improvisatory idioms featured powerfully. Variously described as “Persian chamber jazz” and “Middle-Eastern jazz fusion”, Eishan Ensemble defies neat labels.
With Hamed Sadeghi on tar, Pedram Layegh on guitar, Michael Avgenicos on saxophone, Elsen Price on double bass and Adem Yilmaz on percussion, the layered soundscapes Eishan Ensemble create together are driven by the individual talents of each member as much as by the compositions themselves.
Formed in 2016, Eishan Ensemble have performed internationally in Iran, Malaysia, Singapore, The Philippines and Taiwan; with local performances across Australia. Their first album, Nim Dong, was released in late 2018 to critical acclaim.
For more info check The Royal Exchange Theatre website. http://royalexchangenewcastle.com.au/comingshows/
Check Eishan Ensemble's National Tour 2019. https://www.eishanensemble.com/concerts
Watch a video of Eishan Ensemble. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Vqnk_5Ri_k