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[ad#imapnov08] Masters of music reopened the Music Museum of Iran during a ceremony held on Friday evening. Great musicians and singers Mohammadreza Shajarian, Hossein Dehlavi, Hossein Alizadeh, Davud Ganjeii, Mohammad Sarir, Dariush Pirniakan, Hushang Kamkar, Dariush Talaii and Farhad Fakhreddini…
[ad#imapnov08] A Hungarian scholar and four Iranian researchers have won the Avicenna International Awards. The winners were announced Friday in Hamdan during the closing ceremony of the three-day Festival of Avicenna Theosophy. Hungarian scholar Miklos Maroth won the award for…
With collaboration of Asia Society and Open Center, Hafez Nazeri has created a week dedicated to Iranian culture in New York which concludes with Rumi Symphony concert on Nov 14th. IRAN ENLIGHTENMENT WEEK November 6 – Asia Society – "Border,"…
Part of a Sassanid tepe was destroyed last week near Ahvaz, the provincial capital of Khuzestan. The destruction was carried out by the Mehrab Housing Company for construction of a high-rise apartment complex, Khuzestan Cultural Heritage Lovers Society (Taryana) announced…
[ad#imapnov08] Farhang Foundation and SoCiArts are proud to announce the second annual Farhang Foundation Short Film Festival. This year, filmmakers from all walks of life, Iranian and non-Iranian, are invited to create a music video (less than 9 minutes) of…
Veteran Iranian vocalist Mohammad-Reza Shajarian is set to present his newly designed instruments at a music congress in France. Shajarian will introduce his Tondar and Sorahi at the fifth edition of the Interdisciplinary Musicology Congress, which will be held on…
Sheikh Safi-ad-din Is'haq Ardabili (of Ardabil) (1252-1334) (Persian: شیخ صفیالدین اردبیلی), eponym of the Safavid dynasty, was the spiritual heir and son in law of the great Sufi Murshid (Grand Master) Sheikh Zahed Gilani, of Lahijan in Gilan Province in…
[ad#imapnov08] Persian music and New Year traditions have been registered on UNESCO's List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Tradition of Persian New Year, Nowruz, and the Radif of Iranian music were inscribed on the list during the 4th…
[ad#imapnov08] The 14th Annual Persian Festival of Autumn in Orange County, October 4, 2009 Mehregan Commemorates the Triumph of Love and Knowledge over Ignorance The 14th Annual Persian Festival of Autumn (Mehregan) will be held at the Great Park in…
Hamburg International Film Festival is to showcase Iranian documentary "Tehran without Permission". "Tehran Without Permission" (2009) captures the atmosphere of the street as well as of private living environments within the Iranian capital. Filmed exclusively with a mobile phone camera,…