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Bazaar Pool, Iranian musicians team up to commemorate Asita Hamidi
TEHRAN -- The Swiss band Bazaar Pool and a number of Iranian musicians have teamed up to pay homage to the late Austrian musician of Iranian origin Asita Hamidi during concerts in Tehran. The...
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Exhibition of Persian calligraphy works opens at Bashkortostan museum
TEHRAN – An exhibition of calligraphy works by Iranian artists opened Tuesday at the National Museum of Bashkortostan in Ufa, the capital city of Bashkortostan, an autonomous republic in the Russian...
View Article“Mephisto” appears in Iranian bookstores
TEHRAN – A Persian translation of the Mephistopheles/Dr. Faustus theme novel “Mephisto” by the German novelist Klaus Mann has recently been published in Tehran. Farzaneh Shojaei-Azad translated the...
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Swedish film editor Sylvia Ingemarsson invited to Fajr festival
TEHRAN – Swedish film editor Sylvia Ingemarsson has been invited to the 32nd Fajr International Film Festival, Iran’s most important event in the film industry, which will be held in Tehran in...
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Mehrava’s Sound of Joy to echo in Berlin
TEHRAN -- The Berlin-based Iranian ensemble Mehrava is scheduled to perform a concert entitled “Sound of Joy” in Berlin on January 30. The concert will be held at the Werkstatt der Kulturen (Workshop...
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“Kami’s Party” wins Jury Award at Festival of Iranian Films in Prague
TEHRAN -- Ali Ahmadzadeh’s début film “Kami’s Party” won the Jury Award of the 3rd Festival of Iranian Films in Prague on Monday. The Jury Award is one of the two prizes presented during the closing...
View ArticleWhat’s in art galleries
Painting * An exhibition of paintings by Flora Feizbakhsh will be held at the Etemad Gallery from January 24 until February 4. Feizbakhsh’s latest collection “The Fourth Creation”, which provides...
View ArticleSharjah Islamic Arts Festival hosts Iranian artist’s workshops
TEHRAN – Iranian illuminator Mohammad Nabati has held two workshops at the ongoing Islamic Arts Festival in Sharjah. The first workshop centering on painting and illumination was held in the Sharjah...
View ArticleForeign artists holding workshops at Fajr Intl. Theater Festival
TEHRAN – Foreign theater artists and scholars are holding workshops and seminars on the sidelines of the international section of the 32nd Fajr International Theater Festival. The Swiss director...
View ArticleNine female-fronted bands to perform at Fajr festival
TEHRAN – Nine female-fronted Iranian ensembles are scheduled to give performances at the 29th Fajr International Music Festival in February. Only women will be allowed to attend the concerts, which...
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Bazaar Pool, Iranian musicians team up to commemorate Asita Hamidi
TEHRAN -- The Swiss band Bazaar Pool and a number of Iranian musicians have teamed up to pay homage to the late Austrian musician of Iranian origin Asita Hamidi during concerts in Tehran. The...
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Exhibition of Persian calligraphy works opens at Bashkortostan museum
TEHRAN – An exhibition of calligraphy works by Iranian artists opened Tuesday at the National Museum of Bashkortostan in Ufa, the capital city of Bashkortostan, an autonomous republic in the Russian...
View Article“From Tehran to Heaven” to go on screen at Rotterdam festival
TEHRAN – The Iranian movie “From Tehran to Heaven” will go on screen at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, which will be held from January 22 to February 2. Director Abolfazl Saffari and...
View ArticleAsghar Farhadi holding workshops at Serbian festival
TEHRAN – The 7th Kustendorf International Film and Music Festival in Serbia is currently hosting workshops by the acclaimed Iranian director Asghar Farhadi. Entitled “Human Relations Core of...
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Persian calligraphy and illumination works on display at Russian State Library
TEHRAN – A collection of Persian calligraphy works and illuminations was put on display in an exhibition, which opened at the Russian State Library’s Center of Oriental Literature in Moscow on...
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“I’m Not Angry!” to compete in Berlinale
TEHRAN -- Iranian director Reza Dormishian’s social drama “I’m Not Angry!” will be competing in the 64th Berlin Intl. Film Festival -- Berlinale. The film will be screened in the section of the...
View ArticleIran’s Art Bureau plans to open song bank in March
TEHRAN – The Art Bureau plans to open in March a bank for songs that have been composed by Iranian songwriters. The bank will be a comprehensive database, which will contain all the songs composed...
View ArticleWhat’s in art galleries
Watercolor * An exhibition of watercolors by Ghazaleh Akhavan will be held at the Sareban Gallery from January 24 to February 3. The gallery is located at 8 Mehmandust St., off Shahid Beheshti...
View Article“Boy in Darkness” appears in Iranian bookstores
TEHRAN – The Persian translation of horror novella “Boy in Darkness” written by the British author Mervyn Peake has been published in Iran. “Boy in Darkness” is an episode in the Gormenghast series...
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Oscar-nominated “Omar” to go on screen at Fajr festival
TEHRAN – The Oscar-nominated feature by Palestinian director Hany Abu-Assad “Omar” will compete in the 32nd Fajr International Film Festival, which will be held in Tehran in February, the organizers...
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