A concerto for accordion and orchestra & the Persian tar gets Comfortable with jazz

With a recent concerto for amplified accordion and orchestra and another for more than 60 recorders Holly Harrison clearly loves a challenge. She shares why she enjoys writing for new instruments, and how she composed a work that will be performed by everyone from virtuosos to second-grade students.

Hamed Sadeghi has released two albums this year, each of which fuses his instrument, the Persian tar, with different Western traditions. The latest, Comfortable, features some of Sydney's best jazz musicians, and Hamed talks to Andy about collaboration, improvisation, and poetry.

InsideOut, composed by Holly Harrison, will be featured in upcoming concerts by the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, and Western Australian Symphony Orchestra, all featuring James Crabb. The world premiere of Harrison's Frog Hollow will be performed at the Sydney Opera House on September 23, as part of the Festival of Instrumental Music.

Hamed Sadeghi will be performing Comfortable at the City Recital Hall in Sydney on September 5.

Music heard in this program:

Title: Slack Rope

Artist: Hamed Sadeghi

Composer: Hamed Sadeghi

Album: Comfortable

Label: Independent release

Title: bend/boogie/break

Artist: Offspring Ensemble