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Iranian, Turkish virtuosos to perform in France

TEHRAN – The Iranian kamancheh virtuoso Kayhan Kalhor and the Turkish baglama virtuoso Erdal Erzincan will perform a duet at the 4th edition of NoBorder, a music festival that is held annually in Brest, France.

 

The performance will be held at the Le Qurtz on December 12. The festival will be held from December 11 to 14.

 

Iranian film to compete in Belfort festival

TEHRAN – The Iranian drama “Tomorrow” will compete in the 29th Entrevues Film Festival, which will be held in Belfort, France from November 23 to 30.

 

Directed by Iman Afsharian and Mehdi Pakdel, the film is about a young girl who embarks on a journey with her mother to take landscape photos. However, their car breaks down on the road.

 

Sami Yusuf to perform in motherland

TEHRAN -- Iranian-born British singer Sami Yusuf plans to perform a concert in Tehran during February 2015. 

 

His father, Babak Radmanesh, a virtuoso on stringed instruments, will accompany him during the concert, the Student News Network quoting the producer of the concert, Tahmasbi, announced on Wednesday.

 

The first name of the producer was not mentioned in the report.

 

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