Art, culture a linking bridge for boosting coop. between Tehran, New Delhi
MNA – Iranian Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Seyed Abbas Salehi said that art and culture is the linking bridge for…
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The world was catching on to Iran’s contemporary art. Then sanctions returned
Bloomberg | James Tarmy: In theory, the devaluation of the Iranian rial this year—to date, the currency has lost about 70 percent of its…
Rhythm revolution: Young Iranians revive ancient drumming traditions
CNN | Ruairi Glasheen: I first encountered the tonbak — Iran’s indigenous drum — as a student, when I heard it on…
Photos: Festival of Art for Peace opens in Tehran
Honar On Line.ir | Seyed Hatef Hosseini: The 6th International Festival of Art for Peace has opened in Tehran, focusing on “the…
Iranian artist’s paintings of Shahnameh on show in Tehran
IFP – Tehran’s Seyhoun Art Gallery recently hosted an exhibition of paintings by Iranian artist Saeed Khazaei which were focused on Ferdowsi’s…
Alizadeh: Instrumental music will attract global audiences
Iran Daily – Acclaimed composer and tar and setar virtuoso Hossein Alizadeh said that instrumental music is the borderless music and although…
Power of culture, language of art lead to public victory
IRNA – President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that using power of culture, language of art and unison will pave the way…
Noted Iranian composer Cheshmazar dies 68
Press TV – Award-winning Iranian musician and composer Nasser Cheshmazar dies aged 68, leaving an indelible mark in the country’s film industry.…
Iranian National Orchestra to perform in Italy
MNA – At the official invitation of Italian conductor of “Emilia-Romagna” orchestra, a number of musicians fromIranian National Orchestra will travel to…
Parviz Tanavoli, leading phenomenon in world modern art
Press TV – Iranian iconic artist Parviz Tanavoli is globally renowned as a leading figure in the history of modern art and…
Ludovico Einaudi to perform in Tehran
MNA – Critically-acclaimed composer and pianist Ludovico Einaudi is coming to Tehran for the very first time to perform his heartfelt and…
Photos: Closing ceremony of Fajr Theater Festival
IRNA | Mahdi Jafari: The 36th Fajr International Theater Festival wrapped up on Monday introducing the winners.
Shajarian voice of generations in Persian traditional singing
Press TV |Arghavan Shamsara: Known as the “King of Persian traditional signing,” “Iran’s most popular artist of the time” and “the greatest…
Weekly report: 33rd Fajr Music Festival wraps up in Iran
January 21, The Iran Project – Holding PUIC Conf. with Parliament speakers in attendance; Pakistani Minister of Defense Production Rana Tanveer Hussain…
Photos: 33rd Fajr Music Festival wraps up in Iran
IRNA | Faraj Samadi: The 33rd edition of Iran’s Fajr International Film Festival came to an end on Friday, after 10 days…
Iranian audiences wonderful: European theatre festival organizer
IFP – A group of European theatre festival organizer who recently visited Iran have praised the Iranian theatre audiences saying these people…
Music maestro devotes life to introduce Iranian music to world
Press TV – Globally-renowned Iranian traditional music maestro Keyhan Kalhor has invested remarkable effort in acquainting the world’s art enthusiasts with the…
Zilu: An original art form Iran’s desert people
Tasnim – Zilu is a kind of light hand-woven carpet, the weaving of which provides hundreds of families their livelihood. The provincial…
Int’l Piano Festival in Tehran hosting famous musicians
IFP – The International Piano Improvisation Festival, attended by nine famous European and two musicians from Iran, is being held at Tehran’s…
Qatar to host Iranian art exhibition
IFP – An exhibition of Iranian marquetry art is going to be held in Qatar within the next few days. The exhibition…
International art project led Iranian artist back to his hometown after 33 years
Press TV – An international art project has led an Iranian born German artist back to his hometown after 33 years. Shahin…
Tehran carpet exhibition; A show of culture, art and trade
IFP – A top Iranian carpet official has, in an interview with IFP News, discussed a range of issues including the ongoing…
Renowned Italian musician to hold Sax Masterclasses in Iran
IFP – A distinguished Italian musician, Mario Ciaccio, will hold masterclasses in the Iranian capital of Tehran in late August with a…
Photos: Iran-Italy joint music performance in Tehran
Fars | Javad Hadi: Italian maestro Enrico Gerola had a performance in Niavaran Cultural Complex in Tehran accompanied by Iranian singer Parvaz…
Art’s language beyond diplomacy: FM Spokesman
IRNA — Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qasemi said on Sunday that art’s language is sometimes much more effective and eloquent than that…
Iranian maestro who learned to play without teacher
IFP – A veteran Iranian musician speaks of his deep love for music and how he learned to play the dotar without…
Iranian musician brings his culture to Orlando in Philharmonic concert
Orlando Sentinel| Matthew J. Palm: In March of 1988, poison gas rained down on the Iraqi city of Halabja. The world was…
Olmi to bring Beethoven to Iran
ANSA– The Italian Paolo Olmi will be conducting the first concert by a symphony orchestra from a Western nation in Iran since…
Pakistani poet: Reading Persian poetry great pleasure
IRNA – Renowned Pakistani poet and director general of Language Promotion Department says reading poetry in the Persian language is a pleasure…
Fajr Int’l Music Festival opens in Tehran
Tasnim– The 32nd Fajr International Music Festival kicked off in Tehran on Friday with virtuosos from European and Asian countries performing in…
Photos: 32nd Fajr Intl. Music Festival opens
Fars| Javad Hadi: First day of the 32nd Fajr International Music Festival hosted Rembrandt Frerichs Trio from the Netherlands and Iranian kamancheh…
Beautiful art of Persian penmanship
The Asian Age– With a bamboo kalam and golden watercolour, calligrapher Ali Kheyri sits absorbed in his art, demonstrating the penmanship of…
Indo-Iran crafts exhibition
Millennium Post– Nine highly talented Iranian craftspeople/artists/calligraphers have come to India to engage with Indian counterparts to revive the old civilizational and…
Photos: Beautiful drawings of Iranian artist on Ostrich egg
ILNA- An Iranian artist from Isfahan, a city in central Iran and the birthplace of many visual artists, have drawn beautiful traditional…
Official says Iran, Germany in new talks on show of Western art from Tehran museum
Tehran Times- Deputy Culture Minister for Artist Affairs Ali Moradkhani said on Monday evening that Iran and Germany are currently engaged in…
Islamic music has still long way to go: Danish Muslim singer
MNA– Danish Muslim singer Ali Al Hadi who is participating Islamic Unity Conf. in Tehran visited Mehr News Agency’s HQ to sit…
Iran art exhibition uses culture to bridge Middle East divides
Financial Times| Najmeh Bozorgmehr: The Land of the Solidities, an abstract oil painting of a fully veiled Arab woman by Mounirah Mosly, a…
Iran’s contemporary art collection ready to go abroad
MNA– Following a letter by German FM to Iran’s Zarif guaranteeing the safety of the treasured collections of Tehran’s Museum of Contemporary…
Iran unveiled: The street photography collective that shows the softer side of Iran
Iran Unveiled, an artist collective made up of nine Iranian photographers in their 20’s and early 30’s, aims to show a side…
Iranian artist combines painting with music
Pejman Tadayyon, an Iranian artist who has merged painting with music, believes that European music in the medieval era was changed under…