Iranian Musician

Tehran Symphony Orchestra

The Tehran Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Maziar Younesi, performed on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, at Vahdat Hall.
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Iranian vocalist, composer Aminollah Rashidi dies at 99

Tehran, IRNA – Veteran Iranian vocalist and composer Aminollah Rashidi has died of old age at 99.
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39th International Fajr Music Festival

The 39th edition of the International Fajr Music Festival hosted on its second day bands from India, Iran, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan in Tehran’s Vahdat Hall. The Festival is being held by Iran’s Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance and Roudaki Artistic Cultural Foundation from February 12-17 in 15 Iranian provinces with the participation of more than 2,100 musicians and artists.
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Iranian renowned musician, singer Akbar Golpayegani dies at 90

Tehran, IRNA – Akbar Golpayegani, popularly known as Golpa, a prominent figure in traditional Iranian music, has died at the age of 90 following a long illness.
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Renowned Iranian female guitarist Lily Afshar dies at 63

Tehran, IRNA – Renowned Iranian classical guitarist, Lily Afshar, has died at the age of 63 after a prolonged illness.
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Mohammad Esmaeili laid to rest in Tehran

Tehran, IRNA – Iranian musician Mohammad Esmaeili, Known as Pahlavan Tonbak, was laid to rest in the Iranian capital city of Tehran.
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Daf playing festival in Iran's Mahabad

Photos published on June 26, 2023 show musicians playing the traditional Iranian instrument of daf on the final day of the second edition of the Navaye Rahmat daf playing festival in Mahabad, in northwestern Iran. (IRNA photos/Ali Arsalani)
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Iran to hold public funeral for polymath Abdullah Anvar

Tehran, IRNA – Iran will hold a public funeral for veteran philosopher, mathematician, musician and historian, Abdollah Anvar who died on Thursday (March 11, 2023) at the age of 98.
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Iran to hold public funeral for veteran musician Nahid

Tehran, IRNA – Iran will hold a public funeral for veteran musician Hassan Nahid who died on Friday at 79 because of age complications, according to a statement by Iran's Music House.
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A reminder of top Iranian musician, composer

Tehran, IRNA - 16 years after the demise of Babak Bayat, a prominent Iranian composer, and musician, his legacy in pop and blues music styles is shining because of his role in upgrading music in the last four decades.
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Osman Mohammadparast shining star in Iran music

Gonabad, IRNA - Prominent Iranian dutar legend Osman Mohammadparast will stay alive in Iran’s art, especially music history, forever because of his services in maintaining and enriching the dutar instrument.
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Iranian dutar virtuoso passes away at 94

Gonabad, IRNA – Osman Mohammad-Parast, a well-known Iranian dutar virtuoso, has passed away at the age of 94 in the city of Khaf, Razavi Khorasan Province.
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Grammy award-winner Kalhor to hold Intl' concerts as of April 18th

Tehran, IRNA - Acclaimed Iranian musician and ‘Kamancheh’ virtuoso Kayhan Kalhor, accompanied by Erdal Erzincan, Rembrandt Trio, and Kiya Tabassian will hold international concert tour, scheduled on April 27, 2022.
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4th night of 37th Fajr Intl' Music Festival in Tehran

Fourth night of the 37th Fajr Intl' Music Festival was held on Saturday in Roodaki and Vahdat halls in Tehran. During the 37th Fajr International Music Festival, 69 performances by 63 groups in the instrumental, regional, classical, international, orchestral, pop, fusion and women's music sections will be accomplished. Tehran, Iran. February 13, 2022. IRNA/ Asghar Khamseh.
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"Improvisation in Iranian Traditional Music"

Tehran, IRNA - "Improvisation in Iranian Traditional Music" is a book by "Masato Tani", a prominent Japanese musician and teacher at Kobe University - a city on Osaka Bay-, who is fluent in Iranian traditional music and plays the dulcimer professionally, was published in Japan.
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Iranian musician won first place in Uzbekistan festival

Bojnourd, IRNA – Iranian Bakhshi musician Hossein Valinejad of Shirvan city won the first place in Uzbekistan International Bakhshi Art Festival.
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Ali-Naqi Vaziri; founder of new Iranian music

Tehran, IRNA - Ali-Naqi Vaziri was the pioneer of composing Iranian orchestra music and could promote writing notes for Iranian traditional music, making a revolution by inventing additions sori and koron.
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2,500 artists participate in Nat’l Youth Music Festival

Tehran, IRNA – The 15th National Youth Music Festival in Iran has attracted 2,500 musicians and singers from across the country.
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Iranian musician Rouhollah Khaleghi; composer of classic heritage

Tehran, Nov 11, IRNA – Iranian musician Rouhollah Khaleghi, Persian composer, theoretician, and historian specialized in music was born in 1906 in a talent minded family in the field of singing, with many musical works which are nowadays part of Iran's classic heritage.
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