IRNA - Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian awarded Iranian musician Razmik Ohanian the Movses Khorenatsi Medal in recognition of many years of his artistic career and efforts to bring the Armenian and Iranian nations together. The medal was named after the Armenian historian and philosopher who lived in Armenia during the 5th century AD. Ohanian,...

IFP - A veteran Iranian musician speaks of his deep love for music and how he learned to play the dotar without having a teacher. Osman Mohammadparast, a professional player of the dotar, an Iranian traditional musical instrument, says society will lose its identity without artists. The 89-year-old virtuoso musician, who has been ...

IRNA Shabdiz Music Band performed in four Scandinavian countries to celebrate the Iranian New Year, Norouz, 1396, which began on March 21, 2017. Iranian Cultural Attach to Sweden and Iranian embassies in Denmark, Finland, and Norway organized the concert which was abundantly attended by the Scandinavians and the Iranian diaspora. Shabdiz Iranian ...

Orlando Sentinel| Matthew J. Palm: In March of 1988, poison gas rained down on the Iraqi city of Halabja. The world was slow to react. But Kayhan Kalhor, an Iranian native with Kurdish heritage, remembered. He composed Silent City, a lament for the thousands who died in the chemical attack on the devastated city mostly Kurds, killed by the ruler ...

IFP- Pahlevan Rasoul Bakhsh Zangshahi is a veteran musician from Sistan and Baluchestan province, south-eastern Iran, who was praised during the 32nd International Fajr Music Festival. According to a Farsi report by ISNA, he has two Qeychaks an ancient Iranian musical instrument commonly used in Balochi music of that region. He inherited one of ...

Tehran, April 3, IRNA- Iranian traditional and local music enjoy the potential to represent Iranian culture and art all over the world. In addition to domestic performances, Iranian music bands had some performances in other countries during the Iranian New Year holidays. Iranian traditional music bands have so far held concerts in Georgia, Greece,...

TEHRAN, Nov. 01 (MNA) Concerts of Iranian Hamavayan and Zarbang ensembles, starring Hossein Alizadeh and Alireza Ghorbani were warmly received in Denmark and Austria. The Iranian ensembles first European tour performance was in Copenhagen, Denmark, held on Friday, which was warmly welcomed by the lovers of Iranian music. Following Denmark,...

Tehran March 3, IRNA Iranian Music Society and Azerbaijan Republic Conservatory (ARC) plan to perform a joint musical program. Manager of ARC's Intenational Relations Department Jahangir Salim Khanov visited Iranian Music Society and conferred with the Society's Managing Director Ali Torabi on bilateral cooperation. In the meeting, Salim Khanov ...

TEHRAN, Aug.21 (MNA) An album containing a selection of works attributed to Iranian musicians of the Ottoman courts in Istanbul, has been released in Tehran. The album entitled Ajamlar has been recorded by the Mahoor Institute of Culture and Art. It comprises works of Hassan Jan, Shah Qoli, Changi Jafar and several other musicians, who were apparently ...