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“This symphony has been composed for those dear prisoners whose sacrifice saved this land and this is a great honor for me to conduct such an everlasting composition by Pejman,” Rohani said in their presence.
“During the time we have been doing the rehearsals, I found out that the years of Sacred Defense (the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war known as Sacred Defense in Iran) have been highlighted in the symphony very well, and I am sure it will turn to be an eternal composition,” he explained.
Moradkhani also called it a great honor to pay respect to the prisoners who have saved their homeland.
Photo: Tehran Symphony Orchestra conductor Shahrdad Rohani (l) and composer Ahmad Pejman are seen in an photo.
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Welcome to Hamadan
Known in classical times as Ecbatana, Hamadan was once one of the ancient world’s greatest cities. Pitifully little of antiquity remains, but significant parts of the city centre are given over to excavations and there is a scattering of historical curiosities.
Sitting on a high plain, Hamadan is graciously cool in August, but snow-prone and freezing cold from December to March. In the summer the air is often hazy, but on a rare, clear spring day there are impressive glimpses of snow-capped Mt Alvand (3580m) preening itself above the ragged neocolonial cupolas of Imam Khomeini Sq. A popular summer retreat, Hamadan’s main draw card for Iranian visitors is its proximity to the Ali Sadr Caves, but these are vastly over-rated./ lonelyplanet.com
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]]>The art of Ashiqs combines poetry, storytelling, dance and vocal and instrumental music into a traditional performance art that stands as a symbol of Azeri culture. Characterized by the accompaniment of the ”saz,” a stringed musical instrument, the classical repertoire includes 200 songs, 150 literary-musical compositions known as ”dastans,” nearly 2,000 poems in different traditional poetic forms and numerous stories.
The regional variations may include other musical instruments, but all are united by a common national language and artistic history.
Ashiqs take part in weddings, friendly parties and festive events throughout the Caucasus and appear on concert stages, radio and television, sometimes synthesizing classical melodies with contemporary ones as they continue to recreate their repertoire.
Their art is considered an emblem of identity, literature and music. Even as Ashiqs represent the consciousness of a people, they also help to promote cultural exchange and dialogue: Kurds, Lezhins, Talishes, Tats and other ethnic groups living in the country often perform the Ashiqs’ art, and their poems and songs have spread across the region.
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