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Tag: Iranian music

Album reviews

A Beautiful Journey Through the Musics of the Middle East

Angel Romero October 31, 2019 No Comments Iranian musicMehdi RajabianMiddle Eastern music

Mehdi Rajabian – Middle East (Sony Music, 2019) Middle Eastern is the latest album from Iranian multi-instrumentalist and composer Mehdi Rajabian. The album is dedicated…

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Garden Quartet‘s Contemporary Iranian-Australian Fusion

Chris Lambie October 14, 2019 No Comments Garden QuartetIranian musicworld fusion

Garden Quartet – Garden Quartet (Bleemo Music, 2019) Australian audiences were reported to be “spellbound throughout” recent performances by Garden Quartet’s performance of music from…

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Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Kaveh Sarvarian

Angel Romero June 24, 2019 No Comments IranIranian musicKaveh SarvarianPersian music

Musician and composer Kaveh Sarvarian was born in Tehran, Iran in 1976. He has a Master of Composition, University of Art of Tehran. Throughout his…

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Marvelous Persian Flute Fusion Works

Angel Romero June 21, 2019 No Comments Iranian musicKaveh SarvarianneyPersian musicworld fusion

Kaveh Sarvarian – Kereshmeh  – Nueva perspectiva de música persa (La Cupula Music, 2019) Iranian multi-instrumentalist Kaveh Sarvarian has released a new album titled Kereshmeh,…

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Rudolstadt Festival Announces 2019 Program

World Music Central News Room May 3, 2019 No Comments Hamid MotebassemIranian musicRudolstadt Festivalworld music

Germany’s largest world music event, Rudolstadt Festival, will take place July 4-7, 2019. The opening concert on 4 July will be a tribute concert dedicated…

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Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Zohreh Jooya

Angel Romero August 25, 2018 No Comments IranIranian musicZohreh Jooya

Zohreh Jooya, raised in the holy city of Mashad in Iran, received a classical music education at the Academy of Music, Vienna and then earned…

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Artist Profiles: Sima Bina

Angel Romero August 25, 2018 No Comments IranIranian musicSima Bina

Sima Bina was born in Khorasan, in northeastern Iran, an ancient cultural crossroads where Afghan, Persian, Turkish and Kurdish customs and music have co-existed for…

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Artist Profiles: Peyman Yazdanian

Angel Romero August 24, 2018 No Comments IranIranian musicPeyman Yazdanianpiano

Peyman Yazdanian is an Iranian pianist and composer who combines eastern instruments like ud, duduk, daf, dohol, tar, etc., with western and orchestral instruments. Born…

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Artist Profiles: Parisa

Angel Romero August 24, 2018 3 Comments IranIranian musicParisa

Parisa is one of Iran’s foremost female vocalists. She is a master of the radif or classical Persian repertoire. This traditional musical style is based…

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Artist Profiles: Mamak Khadem

Angel Romero August 24, 2018 No Comments IranIranian musicMamak KhademUnited States of Americaworld fusionworld music

Born in Iran, Mamak Khadem was part of the Children’s Choir for National Radio and Television, and immigrated to the U. S. as a teenager…

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