Iran's greatest master of Persian classical music Mohammad Reza Shajarian, middle, performs with Mojgan Shajarian, 2nd left, and Majid Derakhshani composer, 2nd right, during a concert with Shahnaz ...

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 ...

To Iranians at home and abroad, the death of the country’s most revered classical music singer, Mohammad Reza Shajarian, reverberated like the death of a rock or pop star in the West. After learning ...

An important distinction between Western classical music and Iranian music is the differences in their structure of developing melody, as well as their storytelling approaches, Paranj said. Likewise, ...

The classical music of Iran, known as radif, will be presented by two young musicians carrying on this musical tradition, at 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 25, at the Village Homes Community Center, 2661 Portage ...

Iranian classical dance has mostly remained hidden from international audiences, as it has been practiced and developed mainly underground in Iran and the Iranian diaspora since the Islamic Revolution ...

TEHRAN, Iran – Hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has banned all Western music from Iran’s state radio and TV stations, an eerie reminder of the 1979 Islamic revolution when popular music was ...

Few art forms on earth are more indebted to class privilege than Western classical music. For most of its history, it has relied on monarchs, aristocrats, and wealthy patrons even to exist. We have ...