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 ...

The 75-year-old pop star is part of a generation of Iranians in the diaspora who are watching, with bated breath, as their ...

Traditional Iranian music is not based on musical scores. Instead, traditional melody types are passed down orally. In his new book “Traditional Iranian music — Orality, physicality and improvisation, ...

Nehedar will bring her new music to life in a performance on June 19 at FeelBeit in Jerusalem. Maureen Nehedar’s latest single, “Chesed,” for which she wrote both lyrics and music, marks a poignant ...

Nowruz, the Iranian or Persian New Year, marks the rebirth of nature and the arrival of spring. To celebrate, Pacific Symphony presents “Nowruz: The Concert — Return of the Masters.” Sponsored by the ...

For the fourth year in a row, the Nowruz festival is making its way to Downtown Phoenix. Arizonans are invited to celebrate the arrival of spring alongside the Iranian community, welcoming the new ...

(JTA) — Sisters Danielle and Galeet Dardashti grew up with the lore of their grandfather, Younes Dardashti. An Iranian musical icon who sang at the palace of Mohammad Reza Shah, he traversed the ...

Horns roared, vibrantly-dressed performers twirled, and drummers stunned audiences. All of this and more were part of a lively celebration of Nowruz — the Iranian New Year — held at UCLA. Hundreds ...

Maureen Nehedar’s latest single, “Chesed,” for which she wrote both lyrics and music, marks a poignant chapter in her musical journey. As the second release from her upcoming fifth album, following ...