The 35th Fajr Film Festival opened in a ceremony attended by Iran’s Culture Minister Reza Salehi-Amiri at Tehran’s Milad Tower on Saturday. Addressing the gathering, Head of Cinema Organization and Deputy Culture Minister Hojatollah Ayoubi appreciated Iranian actress Taraneh Alidoosti who boycotted this year’s Oscar Academy Awards ceremony in a show of protest against US…
The 7th night of 32nd Fajr Music Festival was devoted to joint performance of Tehran Symphony Orchestra and the Puccini Festival Orchestra from Italy, under the baton of maestros Shahrdad Rohani and Paolo Olmi. The Puccini Festival Orchestra, one of the most prestigious orchestras of Italy, came to Iran with conductor Paolo Olmi and 40…
Iranians believe that the harp is the modernized version of the ancient string instrument known as the Chang, which originated in Persia thousands of years ago. In this feature, we will find out if the harp is really Persian in origin. By Ali Rashid & Amin Safaripour – 2016 Also: Persian Music History Iranian…
French jazz musician and composer Guillaume Perret and Spanish Flamenco group Duquende, Diego Del Morao and El Piraña performed at the fifth day of the 32nd Fajr International Music Festival in Tehran. Related posts: Photo: The 32nd Fajr Intl. Music Festival started in Tehran Mobarak Intl. Puppet Festival closed / Photo Photo: First performance of…
First day of the 32nd Fajr International Music Festival hosted Rembrandt Frerichs Trio from the Netherlands and Iranian kamancheh virtuoso Hesam Inanlu at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall on January 13. Djivan Gasparyan performs at 32nd Fajr Intl. Music Festival Armenian musician and composer Djivan Gasparyan performed at Milad Tower Conference Center on Friday during the first…
The world’s most famous lullaby concert performed by Dayan group in Roudaki hall in Tehran. Related posts: Photo: First performance of ‘Land of Heroes’ symphony in Tehran Mobarak Intl. Puppet Festival closed / Photo Photo: Christmas shopping in Tehran Photo: The new season of skiing in Dizin resort
The Tehran Symphony Orchestra performed the Symphony of the Prisoners of War (POW) by conductor Shahrdad Rohani at Vahdat Hall on January 2, 2017. The symphony, also named “Land of the Heroes”, was composed by musician Ahmad Pejman. “This symphony has been composed for those dear prisoners whose sacrifice saved this land and this is…
The 6th Tehran Auction of artwork on December has hosted 120 works of 112 illustrators and painters. The highest sold works Contemporary Iranian Art- Dec 2016 belonged to Reza Derakhshani, Hossein Zendehroudi, Kourosh Shishegaran, Monir Farmanfarmaian, Farideh Lashai, Bahman Mohasses, Manouchehr Yektaei, and Farhad Moshiri, along with other works of diverse names. Farhad Moshiri’s mixed…
‘Salaam Mumbai’, Iranian–Indian drama directed by Ghorban Mohammadpour, went on screen on Wednesday in support of Narges Kalbasi Ashtari, the Iranian-British benevolent woman sentenced to one year prison for a crime she didn’t commit. The ‘Salaam Mumbai’ movie up now sold over 6B Iranian Rial (1.6m USD) in just 20 days. Narges Kalbasi Ashtari…
Yalda Night, known also as the Chelleh Night, falls on December 20, this year. Considered the longest night of the year when the ancient Iranians celebrated the birth of Mithra, the goddess of light, the Yalda Night was registered on the Iran’s National Heritage List in 2008. “Yalda Night” is a traditional Iranian celebration of…
