Bamdad Ensemble (bâmdâd meaning “dawn”) is orchestrated based on Iranian traditional instruments with an aim to promote and introduce Iranian classical music. Beside this goal, Bamdad also pays ...

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

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 ...

Organized by the Isfahan Municipality's Music Department, the event was attended by local artists and music lovers. During the ceremony Mansour Azamikia, a researcher, traditional music expert, and ...

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, ...

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 ...

A daily chronicle of creativity in film, TV, music, arts, and entertainment, produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from November 2014 – March 2020. Host John Horn leads the ...

On Sunday evening (July 22), celebrated traditional Iranian music singer Homayoun Shajarian released the song “World of Oppression” on his personal page in cyberspace, with lyrics by the great ...

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 ...

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 ...