Iranian-Australian tar player and composer Hamed Sadeghi fell in love with his instrument after hearing it on the radio aged 13. Now based in Sydney, he fuses traditional Persian music and jazz with his quintet Eishan Ensemble.

We look at Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina and why it has inspired so many adaptations, composing women past, present and future, and the piano works of an overlooked Australian composer lost and found.

Hamed Sadeghi and the Eishan Ensemble offer up a rich and compelling brew of ideas and sounds.

Hamed Sadeghi and Steven Oliver discuss their performances in the latest UnWrapped program, which includes First Nations cabaret, contemporary dance, Iranian-influenced jazz, Irish-Danish folk and innovative digital performance.

Sublime moments were there for the taking at this year's Four Winds Festival, as strangers became friends.

An improvisational powerhouse pushing the limits of jazz, blues, and middle eastern music, live and intimate at the Utzon Room.