For member of 15-strong group Hamsaz Ensemble Freesia, folk music can build connection and understanding across difference ...

A fan cries as she shows an image of the nation's famous singer Mohammad Reza Shajarian on her phone outside the Jam Hospital where Shajarian has died of cancer at the age of 80, in Tehran Iran, ...

Mohammad Reza Shajarian, whose distinctive voice quavered to traditional Persian music on state radio for years before he was blacklisted for supporting protesters after Iran’s contested 2009 election ...

Since the 1979 Islamic revolution in Iran, the clerical establishment that determines what’s culturally appropriate and what’s not has cast a skeptical eye toward Western rock music. But the clerics ...

Iranian electronic producers are having a moment. After decades of pushback by the Islamic Republic on Western influences, a new underground generation is using digital, lyricless sounds to challenge ...

Both Iranian and Vietnamese music share ancient roots and distinctive vocal techniques shaped by local traditions. Improvisation plays a key role in both, revealing a deep and little-known cultural ...

Hamed Lak will serve as the chorus master, and Atabak Atri will be the vocal soloist for this concert, ISNA reported on Wednesday. The first segment highlights traditional Persian classical music, ...

It's the sort of concert that's emblematic of the multicultural Bay Area: A troika of groups -- including one featuring Iranian American musicians -- is performing Saturday night at a Berkeley church ...

MUSCAT (Reuters) - The sharp sound of a sorna, an Iranian oboe-like instrument, pierced the silence of Muscat's Royal Opera House. Tandem drums drove an urgent rhythm, and a chorus of voices rose in ...

In the Persian legend of the Seemorgh, a mythical bird carries an abandoned infant boy to her nest on a mountaintop and, when he returns to his people, gives him a magic feather for protection. The ...

The festival will be held from April 25 to 28 in Bandar Abbas, a port city bounded by the Persian Gulf, ISNA reported on Friday. This festival aims to showcase a variety of musical talent over four ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Mohammad Reza Shajarian, whose distinctive voice quavered to traditional Persian music on state radio for years before supporting protesters following Iran’s contested 2009 ...