TEHRAN – Dozens of musicians and musical groups from around the world will take part in the 1st Tehran Contemporary Music Festival (TCMF), which will be held from April 22 to 29. The festival organized by Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance will be held at Rudaki Hall, the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art and the Iranian…

TCMF is an international event in the field of contemporary music. It is an independent cultural and artistic event held annually with lectures and performances including experimental and improvisational presentations. It opened Friday and will run through April 27 at the TMoCA and three other venues namely Azadi Tower, Roudaki Hall, and Hafez Hall, Mehr News Agency…

Speaking at the 3rd Contemporary Music Festival of Tehran (TCMF), Polish musician, Alexander Vanouk commented: “The TCMF is a very valuable event for me as it tries to gather around the contemporary music scene of Iran and the world to work on their favorite subject.” Alexander Vanouk has performed pieces here composed by Iranian musician Nader Mashayekhi.…

Cautiously contemporary On the first day of marathon of performances in the Fourth Tehran Contemporary Music Festival by Mani Jafarzadeh Contemporary music has a limited audience but this small number can’t even reach an agreement on their subject of passion; So far that they won’t reach a decisive common understanding of “What is contemporary music?” This makes…

Dislocation On Eleknoise ensemble at Tehran Contemporary Music Festival by Kamyar Salavati Radif Project, a repertoire for Setar and electronic sounds, composed by the Eleknoise trio ensemble was performed by the same ensemble at Tehran Contemporary Music Festival. This project, as its name indicates, is an attempt for associating Radif and electronic music. It is obvious that…

Vindication of the body On the performance of Barbara Borowicz and ‌Bartosz Sałdan by Kamyar Salavati Borowicz and Sałdan’s repertoire, except its premier pieces which were generally composed by fellow citizens of the performers, emphasized on “body” as an integrated part of the music. One of the famous prior performances of Borowicz is Stockhausen’s Harlekin, written for…