The Oliver Thuist musical theater directed by Hossein Parsaei performed by the over 100 artist at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall up to January 20, 2018. Navid Mohammdzadeh and Mahnaz Afshar Iranian famous cinema stars played in this musical theater. Oliver Twist is one of famous Novel from Charles Dickens that originally published on 1838. Oliver Twist, or…
An Iranian film festival opening on Tuesday is underway at Luna Cinema in the Polish capital of Warsaw. Ten movies have been selected by Iran’s Farabi Cinema Foundation for the festival, which will run until December 10, the Persian service of IRNA reported on Thursday. “Tragedy” by Azita Moguie, “Crazy Castle” by Abolhassan Davudi, “A…
The team sport of polo, which is played on horseback, together with the Iranian bowed string instrument of Kamancheh are set to be added to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists by the end of the current year. Farhad Nazari, head of the Registration Department at Iran Cultural…
The 2017 Mustafa Scientific Prize honored Prof. Sami Erol Gelenbe from Turkey and Prof. M. Amin Shokrollahi from Iran as laureates during an award ceremony on Sunday. During the Mustafa Prize ceremony held on December 3 in Tehran attended by senior Iranian officials, representatives of OIC countries along with over sixty prominent scholars and scientists…
The 7th Navay-e Rahmat(Mercy) Daf festival held in Sanandaj. 324 music section from 25 provinces registered in this festival. The participants performed within 3 days. About Daf Daf is one of the most ancient frame drums in Asia and North Africa. As a Persian instrument, in 20th century, it is considered as a Sufi instrument…
Classical vocalist and tonbak player Homayoun Shajarian, and composer Sohrab Pournazeri, are currently staging a multimedia concert titled ‘Si’ based on Persian poet Ferdowsi’s ‘Shahnameh’. The stories performed include ‘Rostam and Esfandyar’, ‘Zal and Rudabeh’ and ‘Rostam and Sohrab’. About Shahnameh A little over a thousand years ago a Persian poet named Ferdowsi of…
Italian maestro Enrico Gerola had a performance in Niavaran Cultural Complex in Tehran accompanied by Iranian singer Parvaz Homay and members of his ensemble Mastan on July 26 and 27. Homay, who is a Persian traditional singer and composer, is scheduled to perform a repertoire of his latest pieces as well as some of his…
Italian maestro Enrico Gerola will conduct an orchestra of Italian and Iranian musicians giving concerts in Tehran next week. Iranian singer Parvaz Homay and members of his ensemble Mastan will accompany the orchestra during the open-air performances that will take place at Tehran’s Niavaran Cultural Historical Palace on July 26 and 27. Homay, who is…
The 8th International Tehran Sculpture Symposium is underway at the Iranian capital city’s Milad Tower with the participation of sculptors from Iran and several other countries. The eighth international sculpture symposium evaluate artworks which have been proposed to the secretariat of the symposium by sculptors from around the world. Twelve artists selected from 189 applicants…
Winners of the 35th Fajr International Film Festival (FIff) were announced, with ‘The Home’ from Iran snatching Golden Simorgh for Best Film in the main competition section. The festival’s awards ceremony took place late Thursday at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall. According to fajriff.com, Iran’s Culture Minister Reza Salehi-Amiri, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, Director of Iranian…
