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Qatar, Bangladesh culture ministers invited to Tehran Intl. Book Fair  

TEHRAN – Iran has invited the culture ministers of Qatar and Bangladesh to attend the opening ceremony of the 28th Tehran International Book Fair (TIBF), which will be held from May 6 to 16.

 

Qatari Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage Hamad Bin Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari and Bangladeshi Minister of Cultural Affairs Asaduzzaman Noor are also scheduled to meet a number of Iranian cultural officials during their sojourn in Tehran, TIBF Deputy Director Amir-Masud Shahramnia announced in a press release on Sunday. 

 

Iran has also invited the exhibition manager of the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, Roberta Chinni, to visit the TIBF. 

 

“Aghla” to compete in Trento filmfest

TEHRAN – Iranian director Esmaeil Monsef’s short film “Aghla” will go on screen at the 63th Trento Film Festival, which will be held in the Italian city from April 30 to May 10.

 

A production of Iran’s Documentary and Experimental Film Center, the short film is about an Iranian Azari singer of romantic folk songs who unexpectedly finds himself at a mourning ceremony.  

 

German, Austrian duo to perform in Tehran

TEHRAN -- German saxophonist Martin Harms and Austrian jazz pianist Michael Kahr will perform a duet at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall on April 27. 

 

Kahr and Harms, who both enjoy a profound background as professionals in the field of jazz music, will perform pieces composed by Fritz Kreisler, Duke Ellington and several other musicians. 

 

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