The Masters of Persian Music: Siamak Jahangiry, Kayhan Kalhor, Hamid Reza Nourbakhsh, and Hossein Alizadeh.
(Ali Boustan)
Rebuilding music in Iran
Masters turn to new generation
The Masters of Persian Music: Siamak Jahangiry, Kayhan Kalhor, Hamid Reza Nourbakhsh, and Hossein Alizadeh.
(Ali Boustan)
The Islamic revolution that engulfed Iran in 1979 didn’t just sweep away the old political order. Under Ayatollah Khomeini’s strict interpretation of Shiite Islam, just about every form of music was banned, including the nation’s supremely sophisticated classical tradition with roots stretching back to Persia’s pre-Islamic Sassanian Dynasty. (Full article: 784 words)
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