This post was updated Oct. 27 at 9:45 p.m. UCLA’s commitment to celebrating and preserving Iranian music continues to expand. On Sunday, the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music held a celebratory opening ...

Listen to series host and podcast contributor Megan Vahdat sit down with the director of UCLA’s Iranian music program, Dr. Shahab Paranj, to discuss the importance of sharing traditional Iranian music ...

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 ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. This entrancing concert brings together three brilliant musicians in the ...

The traditional sounds of Iranian music will be showcased today at Sonder Music, Dance and Art. The Persian Classical music concert will feature Javad and Mahsa Hajjari, a father-daughter duo, and ...

I almost didn’t hear about this concert in time to share, but Iranian vocalist Mohammad Reza Shajarian, one of the greatest living practitioners of Persian classical music, is making a rare local ...

Mithra Orchestra, Seraj Rohanifard, Mohammadreza Hatami, and Sana Najaf Pour are the Iranian winners at the event, IRNA reported. Mithra Orchestra was the Absolute Winner in the Chamber Music category ...

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

Mohammed Reza Shajarian, widely considered the greatest singer of Iranian classical music today, is the center of this immodestly named group; his intense vocals can be both gorgeous and sorrowful, ...

Your grandfather was an incredible musician in Iran. Can you tell us a little bit about his life, what it was like growing up with that musical influence and what this album means for your ...

The UC Davis Middle East/South Asia Studies Program will present “An Overview of Persian Classical Music,” by Mehran Madani, a lecturer in landscape and architecture at North Dakota State University.