C6 Turkish Tea
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Friday, 3 May 2024
9:30 am
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Embassy of the Republic of Türkiye
6 Moonah Pl, Yarralumla ACT 2600
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General Admission $60,
Concession $55
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In Association with
In association with the Embassy of Türkiye. 
Typical breakfast customs in Türkiye involve tea, coffee and simit, the circular sesame-encrusted bread. All of this will on offer at the Turkish Embassy along with music by three eminent artists: acclaimed Bulgarian guitarist Pavel Ralev, the Persian virtuoso Hamed Sadeghi on tar, alongside Freedman Award winner Hilary Geddes. A highly and beautifully strung meeting of cultures.
PROGRAM
Carlo Domeniconi – Koyunbaba
Improvisations
ARTISTS
Pavel Ralev, classical guitar
Hamed Sadeghi, tar
Hilary Geddes, electric guitar
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Friday, 3 May 2024
9:30 am
-
Embassy of the Republic of Türkiye
6 Moonah Pl, Yarralumla ACT 2600
-
General Admission $60,
Concession $55
ARTIST Learn more about the artist
Artist Pavel Ralev, classical guitar
Described by Aniello Desiderio as ‘a poet’, the London-based Bulgarian guitarist Pavel Ralev is establishing a strong international presence. A top prize-winner, recent awards include 1st Prizes at the 2021 Adelaide (Australia) and Zagreb (Croatia) International Guitar Competitions, and the Bach Prize at the 2020 Koblenz Guitar Competition (Germany).
He studied at the Royal Academy of Music (where he was made Associate in the 2023 Honours) with Michael Lewin, Fabio Zanon and David Russell, and completed his Masters at the University of Surrey with Steve Goss. He continues to study with John Williams.
Artist Hilary Geddes, guitar
Hilary Geddes is a guitarist, improviser and composer based in Eora/Sydney on Gadigal Land.She is the 2021 Freedman Jazz Fellow, a 2021 ABC Jazz Scholarship recipient, and the 2019 recipient of the Jann Rutherford Memorial Award. Hilary is the bandleader of the Hilary Geddes Quartet,and released her debut album ‘Parkside’ (ABC Jazz) with the band in 2021.Hilary works as an in-demand guitarist in the Australian jazz and improvised music scenes, performing alongside jazz luminaries such as Mike Nock, Lakecia Benjamin (USA), Jonathan Zwartz and Laurence Pike. She holds the guitar chair in the large ensemble Pharos, is a member of Ellen Kirkwood’s Underwards, and Jeremy Rose’s Earshift Orchestra for the project ‘Disruption! The Voice of Drums’, which won an APRA Art Music Award in 2022.
Photo credit – April Josie Photography
Artist Hamed Sadeghi, tar player and composer
Hamed Sadeghi is an Iranian-born tar player and composer based on Gadigal land (Sydney). Trained as a Persian classical musician in Tehran, Hamed’s haunting compositions give you a taste of his cherished culture.
He has performed at the most notable music festivals and in prestigious concert halls in Australia and around the world. He has toured nationally and internationally with his band Eishan Ensemble, the improvisation trio Vazesh and with Persian maestro Shahram Nazeri amongst others.