Saman Samadi’s performance projects bring together ensemble direction, experimental interpretation, and improvisation across New York and Cambridge. They include CueMe’s reworking of twentieth-century repertoire and contemporary works, alongside chamber projects shaped by Persian modes, poetry, microtonality, modern jazz, electronics, and structured improvisational practice. Taken together, these projects present the performative side of his musical work, bringing written composition, improvisation, Persian musical reference, and collaborative interpretation into direct contact with performers and audiences.
Cambridge University Experimental Music Ensemble
A Cambridge-based ensemble founded by Saman Samadi in 2021 to reinterpret twentieth-century repertoire through experimental performance while also supporting contemporary works by living composers.
An NYC-based trio with Blaise Siwula and Hans Tammen, presenting improvisational compositions shaped by Persian modes, poetry, instrumental dialogue, and structured freedom.
A New York ensemble of voice, trumpet, percussion, double bass, and piano, exploring a space between contemporary classical writing, modern jazz, Persian-derived microtonality, and structured improvisation.
An NYC-based trio with Sarah Manning and Hans Tammen, bringing saxophone, piano, and Buchla electronics into an experimental improvisational setting shaped by deviation, collision, and sonic motion.