Rock Concerts Banned at Tehran Music Festival, Azadi Tower
The public relations office of the Azadi Tower Art Complex (formerly known as Shahyad) has announced that the venue will not host any rock concerts until further notice. The decision will deprive all independent...
Victims of 1988 Mass Murders in Iran Remembered in Play by Niloofar Beyzaie
By Azadeh Karimi
The latest work by the Iranian playwright and theater director Niloofar Beyzaie (1967-) titled “Missing Persons” made its theatrical debut in early September in Frankfurt. The two-character play commemorates the victims of...
Musicians Shajarian, Pournazeri to Perform Together in Turkey
Iranian singer, songwriter and Tombak player Homayoun Shajarian will appear for the first time in concert with composer Keikhosrow Pournazeri and his Shamss Tanbur Ensemble on September 25 at the Konya 2018 Mystic Music...
Composing the Track for “1979 Revolution”: Interview with Nima Fakhrara
By Fred Parvaneh
Los Angeles resident Nima Fakhrara is one of three Iranian score composers in the film, television and video-game composition industry. Fakhrara has worked on a number of hit video-game scores including “Detroit:...
Ashkan Layegh Becomes First Iranian to Win Royal Academy of Music Scholarship
Ashkan Layegh, a 20-year-old musical prodigy, has won a full scholarship to study piano and composition at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He is believed to be the first Iranian-born musician to...
British-Iranian R&B Artist Farrah Releases Hot Debut Track: Interview
By Natasha Phillips
British-Iranian singer Farrah Shekarchi-Khanghahi is making waves in the U.K. with her debut single, which offers a candid look at the music industry and her journey as an artist.
Going by the stage...
Iranian Theater Manager, Director Detained After Release of Play Teaser
Saeed Asadi, the manager of the City Theater of Tehran, and Maryam Kazemi, the director of a musical adaptation of William Shakespeare’s comedy “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” have been arrested by security agents after...
Iran’s National Orchestra Gets Its First Female Conductor: Nezhat Amiri
Nezhat Amiri has been appointed as the first female conductor of Iran’s national orchestra. She will assume the post on August 30 at the Vahdat (formerly Roudaki) Concert Hall in Tehran.
This is the first...
Composer Mehdi Rajabian Releases Peace Album with 12 Mideastern Players
The Iranian composer Mehdi Rajabian (1989-) and 12 musicians from neighboring countries have released an album entitled “Middle East.” The record is the result of a remarkable collaboration between musicians in the region.
None of...
Teaching Tar and Setar on YouTube: Interview with Sahba Motallebi
By Firouzeh Ramezanzadeh
Sahba Motallebi is an Iranian musician, songwriter and player of tar and setar (Iranian string instruments) Motallebi was born in 1978 in Tehran. She is a graduate of the Tehran Conservatory of...
