Young Iranian musician Parvaz Homay draws on classical Persian music and poetry, but he offers his own interpretations and also writes original lyrics that have disturbed government officials to the ...

Regarded as a great ostad -- or maestro -- of classical Persian music, Shajarian was adored by fans across Iran and around the world. Born in Mashhad in 1940, Shajarian started singing at the age of ...

An important distinction between Western classical music and Iranian music is the differences in their structure of developing melody, as well as their storytelling approaches, Paranj said. Likewise, ...

Smithsonian Institution, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, 600 Maryland Ave., S.W., Suite 2001, Washington ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Pick Planned before anti-regime protests broke out in Iran, a concert centered on connectivity finds itself tied to the news of the day. By ...

Siamdoust, a journalist and media professor at New York University, compiles an in-depth history and analysis of music in post-revolutionary Iran, beginning with the Shah’s 1979 ouster and ending with ...

TEHRAN, Iran -- Hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has banned all Western music from Iran's state radio and TV stations -- an eerie reminder of the 1979 Islamic revolution when popular music was ...

Hooshmand Aghili passed away on Sept. 4, 2025, at 88. We were with him, grateful for a lifetime of music that felt like home to millions. He was born in Isfahan in 1937, the city of poets and blue ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by During a time of year in which anything can be a stage, the joy of music making has room to breathe outdoors. Photographs by James Estrin Text by ...