MNA Iranian Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Seyed Abbas Salehi said that art and culture is the linking bridge for the development of cooperation between Iran and India.
He made the above remark in his meeting with the chairman of Indian Cultural Relations Council and placed special emphasis on the significance and influence of language ...
Bloomberg | James Tarmy: In theory, thedevaluation of the Iranian rial this yearto date, the currency haslost about 70 percent of its value against the dollarshould have been good forHormoz Hematian.
The founder of Tehrans contemporary art galleryDastans Basement, Hematian spends a significant portion of his time traveling the world to show his ...
CNN | Ruairi Glasheen: I first encountered the tonbak -- Iran's indigenous drum -- as a student, when I heard it on an old LP I found in a dusty corner of the library at London's Royal College of Music. Instantly, I was hooked.
A small, goblet-shaped drum, the tonbak is rarely seen or heard outside Iran, but it drives the fast ...
Honar On Line.ir | Seyed Hatef Hosseini: The 6th International Festival of Art for Peace has opened in Tehran, focusing on the environment as its main theme.
The event brings together artists from Iran and 31 other countries.
The festival showcases more than 250 works of art in photography, sculpturing, interior designing, graphics, video ...
IFP - Tehrans Seyhoun Art Gallery recently hosted an exhibition of paintings by Iranian artist Saeed Khazaei which were focused on Ferdowsis epic story The Seven Labours of Rostam.
The Seven Labors of Rostam or Haft-Khan-e-Rostam are a series of acts carried out by the greatest Persian hero Rostam. The story of Haftkhan was retold by Ferdowsi ...
Iran Daily - Acclaimed composer and tar and setar virtuoso Hossein Alizadeh said that instrumental music is the borderless music and although it has special proponents, it is the top music in the world.
Alizadeh has recently staged a concert titled Didar (visit) at Tehrans Vahdat Hall with percussionist and composer Majid Khalaj and setar player Ali ...
IRNA President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that using power of culture, language of art and unison will pave the way for public victory.
Addressing a gathering of artists and men of culture, he added that men of arts and culture have righteous complaints and shortcomings should be addressed in cooperation with each other.
Contending that ...
Press TV - Award-winning Iranian musician and composer Nasser Cheshmazar dies aged 68, leaving an indelible mark in the countrys film industry.
Cheshmazar died at Bahonar Hospitals ICU in Tehran on Friday after suffering a heart attack.
A hospital staff confirmed news of his death, saying previous surgeries had probably taken their toll on ...
MNA At the official invitation of Italian conductor of Emilia-Romagna orchestra, a number of musicians fromIranian National Orchestra will travel to Italy to take part in special performance of this magnificent orchestra.
Given the above issue, conductor of orchestra Emilia-Romagna invited three prominent violin virtuosi and conductor of Iranian ...
Press TV - Iranian iconic artist Parviz Tanavoli is globally renowned as a leading figure in the history of modern art and the founder of Irans modern sculpture.
Tanavoli pioneered the revival of the art of sculpture in Iran after centuries of its absence from the cultural life of the country. He is using motifs from Islamic and pre-Islamic ...
MNA Critically-acclaimed composer and pianist Ludovico Einaudi is coming to Tehran for the very first time to perform his heartfelt and emotionally-charged music on the Iranian stage.
Following the unprecedented performances of Icelandic composer lafur Arnalds and German electronic band Schiller on the Iranian stage, music lovers in Tehran will ...
Press TV |Arghavan Shamsara: Known as the King of Persian traditional signing, Irans most popular artist of the time and the greatest living maestro of Persian classical music," the globally-renowned Mohammad Reza Shajarian has been the inspiring voice of generations in Iran for several decades.
Born on September 23, 1940, in the northeastern city ...
January 21, The Iran Project Holding PUIC Conf. with Parliament speakers in attendance; Pakistani Minister of Defense Production Rana Tanveer Hussain visit to Iran and meeting with senior officials;Ayatollah seyyed Ali Khamenei and President Hassan Rouhani receiving top Muslim world parliamentarians; New ambassadors submiting credentials to Iranian ...
IRNA | Faraj Samadi: The 33rd edition of Iran's Fajr International Film Festival came to an end on Friday, after 10 days of hosting Iranian and foreign music performances.
IFP - A group of European theatre festival organizer who recently visited Iran have praised the Iranian theatre audiences saying these people are wonderful in terms of their enthusiasm and reactions to what they see on the stage.
During their 4-day stay in Tehran, seven European theatre festival organizers held talks with a number of Iranian ...
Press TV - Globally-renowned Iranian traditional music maestro Keyhan Kalhor has invested remarkable effort in acquainting the worlds art enthusiasts with the Iranian music.
Born in 1963 to a Kurdish family in the Western Iranian city of Kermanshah, Kalhor started learning music at the age of five and began his professional activity at the local ...
Tasnim - Zilu is a kind of light hand-woven carpet, the weaving of which provides hundreds of families their livelihood. The provincial Zilu-weaving center is Meibod, in which the craft has been traced to ancient era.
This light carpet has proven to be one of the most suitable and most enduring floor coverings, especially in desert areas.
Famous ...
IFP - The International Piano Improvisation Festival, attended by nine famous European and two musicians from Iran, is being held at Tehrans Niavaran Cultural Centre since September 22.
According to the Public Relations Department of Niavaran Artistic Creation Foundation, every night, two musicians perform improvised pieces for the audience....
IFP - An exhibition of Iranian marquetry art is going to be held in Qatar within the next few days.
The exhibition entitled A Manifestation of Iranian Art is planned to be held by Irans cultural attach in Qatar.
The marquetry works of Iranian artist, Morteza Atash-Panjeh, will be put on display as of September 24, according to a Farsi ...
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