Tehran Music Museum in Tajrish square is one of the most spectacular museums of the capital. This museum opened its door to the public in 2009 to preserve the country’s national heritage.
Persian art and Literature or Iranian art has one of the richest art heritages in world history and has been strong in many media including architecture, painting, weaving, pottery, calligraphy, metalworking and sculpture.
Iran’s traditional skills of crafting and playing the dotar won world heritage status on Thursday, joining UNESCO’s culture list as one of the most prominent social and cultural components of the folkloric music of the nation.
Crafters and artisans from every corner of Iran are scheduled to promote skills in the 32nd national handicrafts exhibition, which opens today at the Tehran Permanent International Fairground.
Khonyagaran, an all-female orchestra led by prominent Iranian composer Behzad Abdi, has been selected to perform a concert at the 25th edition of WOMEX – the World Music Expo in Tampere, Finland.
Experts from Iran and other countries gathered to pay tribute to the great Persian poet Khwaja Shams-ud-Din Mohammad Hafez Shirazi on Hafez National Day, which was observed on Friday.
Kurdish music, at first was epic and heroic. Verse-readers who were the most ancient Kurdestan composers were often illiterate. But since earlier centuries till today heroic stories have been converted to poem and composition accompanied with the melodies ...
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