Iranian musicians to perform at Austria’s Festival 4020

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Date: 2 May 2017

Several Iranian musicians are scheduled to give three performances at Festival 4020, a biennial musical event that will be held at Linz, Austria from 3 to 6 May2017.

Yunes Paknejad, Seyyed Mohsen Nahani and Roham Khorshidvand will perform a concert on Wednesday while tamboura and tar player Seyyed Arash Shahriari will give a solo performance on Thursday.

Next performance will be held by Ali Bahramifard, Hadi Azarpira and Derya Turkan on 6 May 2017.

An ensemble of German and Austrian musicians will also perform pieces by Iranian composer Hushyar Khayyam.

The main theme of the festival is based on the Austrian illustrator and writer Alfred Kubin’s novel “The Other Side.”

Source: Tehran Times

Tabriz hosts Ashiqlar Music Festival

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Date: 29 April 2017

A group performs during the 3rd Ashiqlar Music Festival at the Tabriz Culture House in the northwestern Iranian city of Tabriz on 26 April 2016.

Ashiqlar is a unique style of traditional music, which is mainly common in Iran’s Azarbaijan region, the Azerbaijan Republic and Turkey.

Ashiqlar music is performed by an ashiq, also spelled ashik and ashug. He is a mystic troubadour or traveling bard, who blends together instrumental and vocal music, dance, poetry and storytelling in his performances.

Source: Tehran Times

Azerbaijan’s Alton to perform in Tehran

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Date: 24 April 2017

The Alton band from Azerbaijan is scheduled to give a concert of Azerbaijani folk music at Tehran’s Rudaki Hall on 6 May 2017.

Avaye Hannaneh, a Tehran-based cultural institute, is the organizer of the performance.

Toghrol Asadlakyov, Kamancheh player, Abgol Mir-Aliov, singer and Farid Mamdaf, garmon player, Ramil Valiov, Keyboard player, Amin Moasseov, Qusha Nagara player led by Mohammad Motalg, Nagara player will perform in this concert.

Source: Tehran Times

Seminar on Turkmen Music With Live Performance

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Date: 23 April 2017

Iranian Academy of Arts, affiliated to the presidential office, will conduct a special seminar on Turkmen music.

Organized by the academy’s research department, the Special Seminar on Turkmen Music is slated for April 24, according to the website of the academy honar.ac.ir.

The meeting which starts at 3 pm will be attended by two acclaimed researchers in Iranian ethnic and ritual music Houshang Javid, 58, and Jahangir Nasri Ashrafi, 60.

Both researchers will deliver lectures. The event also includes live Turkmen music to be performed by Tuwaq Saadati, (a bagshi or Turkmen singer and dutar master, also spelled as bakhshy), dutar player Rasoul Saadati, ney player Haji Mohammad Ayri and dutar player and instructor Hamid Rejim.

The bakhshy are traditional Turkmen musicians. Historically, they have been traveling singers and shamans, acting as healers and spiritual figures, and also providing the music for celebrations of weddings, births, and other important life events.

They sing either a cappella or to the accompaniment of traditional instruments, primarily dutar. The Turkmen bakshy tradition is closely related to the larger Turkic Ashik tradition.

The major instruments used by the Turkmen include dutar, a plucked two-stringed lute; gargi tuyduk, a long flute blown at one end, gichak, a spike fiddle and gopuz, a jaw harp.

The program venue is Iran Hall at the academy which is located at No. 1552, 6th floor, intersection of Valiasr Ave. and Taleqani Street.

Source: Financial Tribune

Shahrdad Rouhani’s Piano Recital in Sari

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Date: 22 April 2017

Iranian-American composer, conductor, violinist and pianist Shahrdad Rouhani, 62, will perform a piano recital in Sari, Mazandaran Province.

Slated for May 4 at Salman Harati Hall, Rouhani’s recital is to feature a selection of his compositions.

“I will perform some of my own compositions, and Arash Eslami, percussionist will accompany me,” Rouhani said.

“I’ve staged performances in most places in Iran. Sari is the only one where I haven’t performed yet. I’ll be performing for the people in the upcoming program.”

He said he had received many messages from people in different cities to conduct his recitals and concerts. “I’ve selected a number of my compositions to play in various places.”

He said he is aware that most of the artistic activities and programs in the country are centralized in Tehran. “It is difficult and time consuming for the people living in other provinces to travel to the capital and attend cultural programs. This is why I decided to go to the counties and perform for the people living there,” Rouhani said.

Referring to the “differences” often existing in provincial concerts, he said “There are limited facilities for organizing a cultural event and therefore concerts are held in smaller auditoriums. This helps performers and the audiences establish a strong rapport, and make the atmosphere charged with emotion.”

Many counties have not seen such concerts so far and thus anticipate them enthusiastically. “Their appreciation is in fact extraordinary and I’m impressed by their feelings,” Rouhani added.

Source: Financial Tribune