Too Much Melisma
Marzieh, Morteza Mahjubi and Adib Khwansari at Radio Studio, Tehran.
Seated (right to left): Ahmad Ebrāhimi, Bizhān Taraqqi, Hosayn Tehrāni, Parviz Yāhaqqi. Second row: Solaymān Amir-Qāsemi, Farhang Sharif, Zabih Malekpur, Mortazā Mahjubi, Ebrāhim Sahbā, Sādeq Sarmad. Above Mortazā Mahjubi: Nabizādeh (Toyuri).
The Golhā (’Flowers of Persian Song and Music’) comprise 1400 radio programs consisting of approximately 886 [...]
Tehran Guide (1977)
I Read It In Books III
Iran Air — We take you there, we take you back
POP
Michael Minn — Mossadegh: A New Rock Opera
Michael Minn and Ramine Mossadegh (great-grandson)
Mossadegh: A New Rock Opera was performed at the Greenwich Street Theatre as part of the NY Fringe Festival in 2004. You can download the opera in 12 parts here.
Driven by an infectious power-pop score, this 45-minute piece is entirely performed by the members of a four-piece rock band and [...]
The History of Children’s Literature in Iran
An ongoing research project headed by NGO The Institute for Research on the History of Children’s Literature in Iran (IRHCLI). The project was founded in 1997 and is to be ten volumes upon completion, the first seven of which have already been published. More information at payvand.
Shiraz Arts Festival
Farah Diba greets John Cage and Merce Cunningham at the 1972 festival. (Photo: Cunningham Dance Foundation Archive)
Article Abstract:
Iran in the 1970s was host to an array of electronic music and avant-garde arts. In the decade prior to the Islamic revolution, the Shiraz Arts Festival provided a showcase for composers, performers, dancers and theater directors from [...]