.jpg "The Kamkars Ensemble performs during the First Tehran Music Festival at the Masudieh Building in Tehran on September 4, 2014. (Mehr/Sina Shiri)")
TEHRAN -- Iranian bands Hamavayan, Kamkars and Pallett performed during the Tehran Music Festival, which opened at the Qajar era Masudieh Building located in the Baharestan neighborhood on Wednesday night.
Led by tar virtuoso Hossein Alizadeh, Hamavayan performed during the opening ceremony of the festival.
Before the ensemble began its performance movie star Tannaz Tabatabaii went on stage, asking ‘all those who are interested in music’ to avoid illegal download of musical productions.
Hamavayan, which was accompanied by vocalist Mohammad Motamedi, performed its concert in two parts, the first of which was dedicated to poems from classical Persian literature and the second part included songs by contemporary Iranian poets.
The Tehran Music Festival has been arranged on the sidelines of Iran’s House of Music Celebration.
The festival continued at the historical site on Thursday night with a concert by Kamkars, a family of musicians that mostly performs in Kurdish.
Pallett, which performs fusion of Persian and Western music, went on stage on Friday night. The band performed songs from its debut album, which was released in 2012.
Shams Ensemble led by Keykhosro Purnazeri will perform tonight, and vocalist Homayun Shajarian and Alireza Qorbani’s Eshtiaq Ensemble will go on stage on Sunday and Monday.
The closing ceremony of the festival will be held on Tuesday.
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