Mashhad’s Friday Mass Imam says he has little against music but added that since Mashhad is the site of the shrine of the eighth Imam of the Shia Muslim faith, it is inappropriate to hold concerts there. The cancellation of concerts has become a controversial in recent months because most of them had already […]
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Iranian musician turns down Order of France
Hossein Alizadeh, the prominent Iranian musician and classical Iranian music expert, has refused the Order of France, called l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Chevalier, which acknowledges contributions to the arts and literature in France and all across the world. ISNA reports that in an open letter, he expressed his appreciation for the gesture […]
Female Musicians Banned from Stage in Isfahan
According to a report y Radio Zamabeh, female musicians are not allowed to go onstage and give live performances in Isfahan. Mohammad Qotbi, the head of the Isfahan Culture and Guidance administration and also a member of the clergy, compared music bands to the national football team, saying that just as there are substitutes […]
Dezfool Imam objects to female musicians at concerts
The Dezfool Friday Mass Imam has announced that female musicians should not perform at public concerts. IRNA reports that at a meeting of the Public Cultural Council in Dezfool, Hojjatoleslam MohammadAli Ghazi Dezfooli announced that religious leaders in the city are concerned about music concerts being held in Dezfool. “Having classical music concerts in […]
Prominent Iranian music figure laid to rest
Homayoon Khorram, a prominent Iranian composer and violinist, was laid to rest on Sunday January 20 in the Artists section of Tehran’s Beheshte Zahra.
Iran virtuoso violinist Homayoun Khorram dies at 82
Iran’s virtuoso violinist Homayoun Khorram has died of cancer at the age of 82 in a hospital in the capital city of Tehran.
Music forum calls for release of jailed Iranian musician
Iran says it will allow inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency to visit its Parchin military base, as IAEA delegates have requested.
First Listen: Kayhan Kalhor, ‘I Will Not Stand Alone’
Looking back, looking ahead: In many ways, that’s long been Kayhan Kalhor’s natural starting point as an artist. One of the great masters of the ancient music of his native Iran, he is a virtuoso player of the kamancheh, a small, bowed, spike-ended fiddle. But he’s also led the way as one of Persian […]
A Survey on History of Innovation in Music
By: Dr. Sassan Sepanta A glimpse at the history of the current century seems to be indispensable to a survey on innovations taken place in the original Iranian music.
Language of a nation: A glimpse of traditional Persian music
Tehran Times – Ostaad (Master)Farhang Sharif (born 1931) in Amol, northern Iran is a well-known Iranian musician and renowned taar (Persian lute) player who has spent more than 70 years of his life on this exclusively Persian musical instrument.