Mohammad Reza Shajarian, whose distinctive voice quavered to traditional Persian music on state radio for years before he was blacklisted for supporting protesters after Iran’s contested 2009 election ...

BEITEDDINE: Friday evening’s concert at the Beiteddine International Festival was not a typical performance. At least, it did not end with an ecstatically cheerful, firework-cracking climax. Iran’s ...

Rock music was outlawed after Iran's 1979 revolution. But the Iranian musician is discovering his voice at the crossroads of rock and traditional Persian music. In the 1970s, Persian pop music was ...

Organized by the Isfahan Municipality's Music Department, the event was attended by local artists and music lovers. During the ceremony Mansour Azamikia, a researcher, traditional music expert, and ...

Iranian electronic producers are having a moment. After decades of pushback by the Islamic Republic on Western influences, a new underground generation is using digital, lyricless sounds to challenge ...

On Sunday evening (July 22), celebrated traditional Iranian music singer Homayoun Shajarian released the song “World of Oppression” on his personal page in cyberspace, with lyrics by the great ...

Duduk master Djivan Gasparyan (Courtesy Photo) February 9, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- The 49th Grammy Awards ceremonies are a forum for the U.S. music industry to highlight its top stars with awards like "Best ...

This article was updated May 7 at 11:35 a.m. Students may be able to declare a minor in Iranian music beginning fall 2019. The minor, pending approval from the Academic Senate, would be the first ...

For centuries, the classical music “canon” has been dominated by European male figures. Times are changing, though, and many diverse voices are finally finding a foothold in the genre — and one need ...