Classical Persian music used to fill the rooms of the Honyak Music School in Tehran. Now, it has all been “wiped out.” ...

The school had around 250 students from toddlers to elderly learners and had become a creative haven.

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, ...

Using tapes of their grandfathers singing in Iran, Galeet Dardashti and Jacqueline Rafii are transcribing and adapting songs ...

Listen to series host and podcast contributor Megan Vahdat sit down with the director of UCLA’s Iranian music program, Dr. Shahab Paranj, to discuss the importance of sharing traditional Iranian music ...

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 ...

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