Sam Sadigursky
Country:
USA
Company:
Music
His parents are both classically trained musicians who met in conservatory in Chisinau, Republic of Moldova. In high school, Sadigursky was the recipient of the John Coltrane Young Artist Award, the NFAA YoungArts award, the Music Center
Spotlight Awards, a member of the Grammy All-American High School Big Band, and toured Japan as part of the Monterey Jazz Festival Al Stars. During this time, he also performed with Brad Mehldau, Milt Hinton, Charlie Byrd and Bob Florence, and performed at Carnegie Hal as part of the JVC Jazz Festival.
Since 2005, Sadigursky has been a member of Darcy James Argue's Secret Society. Their 2009 album Infernal Machines, was nominated for a Grammy award in the big band category, and was followed in 2013 by Brooklyn Babylon, which was based on the multi-media collaboration with Daniel Zezelj which debuted at
Brooklyn Academy of Music, and also received a Grammy nomination. Their 2016 release, Real Enemies, which was also based on a multimedia show debuted at BAM, was also nominated for a Grammy in the big b a n dcategory.
He is a recipient of grants and awards from Chamber Music America, the Jerome Foundation, ASCAP, and the Puffin Foundation, and his music has been re-
viewed by 'The New York Times, JazzTimes, the Fort Worth Weekly, Al About Jazz, and the Detroit Free Press.