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Francesco Totti
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Acclaimed Iranian vocalist Shahram Nazeri, accompanied by Molavi music group, performed
a series of concerts in Qazvin province
from July 15-16.The artist will also tour Tehran, Kerman,
Qazvin, Isfahan, Yazd, Shiraz, Rasht and Sari.
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Hoqouqi to Release New Works
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Noted poet and literary critic, Mohammad Hoqouqi, is to publish his longest poem ’Aquarium’ along with an anthology of classical poems.
Speaking to ISNA, Hoqouqi said that ’Aquarium’ is his longest poem in blank verse which will be published in 100 pages.
He added he has been inspired by works of foreign poets, including T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound and Pablo Neruda, in reciting the poem.
The poet also said his classical anthology tentatively titled ’Never-Ending Deep Valleys’ is similar to poems by Persian poet Naser Khosrow Qobadiani, but it deals with modern issues.
Hoqouqi, 71, is an expert in classical Persian literature and western literary criticism. “Modern poetry from the Beginning to the Present“, is a creditable anthology of poems selected by Hoqouqi. He has published a number of critiques on the works of contemporary poets, including Sohrab Sepehri, Ahmad Shamlou and Mehdi Akhavan Saales. ’Winter Seasons’, ’Oriental’, ’Evening Labyrinths’ and ’Cherries and Birds’ are among Hoqouqi’s works.
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Kamkars Launch Australian Tour
Head of Kamkars band said they will stage a series of traditional concerts in a number of Australian cities from today.
Speaking to Mehr News Agency, Houshang Kamkar said that their first performance will be at Sydney’s Enmore Theater. They will also have presentations at the Brisbane Town Hall on July 23 and Catholic University of Melbourne on July 26.
He added that the band will feature earlier pieces as well as a number of new compositions in Persian and Kurdish, including ’Departure’, ’Trembling’ and Qasem Khan’. Ardavan Kamkar, who plays the traditional Iranian musical instrument ’Santur’ (dulcimer) and Arsalan Kamkar playing the reed, will give solo performances at the event.
“On the sidelines, a seminar on Iran’s Kurdish music and a training workshop on Iran’s traditional instruments will be held,“ he said.
The musician announced that the band will perform in Afif-Abad Garden in Shiraz, Fars province on August 7-8. Houshang Kamkar also said that the group will attend a two-day rehearsal with the London Symphony Orchestra on September 28 in preparation for a joint concert to be held in Tehran.
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Imam Ali (AS):
Those are fortunate who adopt the Holy Qur’an and prayer as their guide
and protector, and forsake the world and its vicious pleasures as Prophet Jesus Christ (AS) did.
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Minister Condoles
Shakibaei’s Death
Minister of culture and Islamic guidance has condoled Iran’s cinema community, nation, and the family of Iran’s well-known actor Khosrow Shakibaei on the actor’s sad demise.
In a written message, Mohammad Hossein Saffar-Harandi said, “No doubt, Iran’s cinema is indebted to the popular artist Shakibaei.“
The 64-year-old actor died on Friday due to a heart failure, IRNA said.
Veteran actor, Jamshid Mashayekhi, also regretted Shakibaei’s death and said, “He was an honest man who made his all-out efforts to promote Iran’s cinema.“
Shakibaei is mostly remembered for his lead role in Daruish Mehrjouei’s ’Hamoun’ which earned him the Crystal Simorgh (phoenix) Prize at the Eighth Fajr International Film Festival.
His funeral will be held today at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall.
Al-e Ahmad Biopic Nearing Completion
A documentary on the life of the late prominent contemporary author, Jalal Al-e Ahmad, is under production and will soon be aired on national TV’s Channel 2.
The film’s director and producer, Parisa Eshqi, told Fars News Agency, that the 70-minute documentary is in the editing stage.
She added that the main section of the film includes interviews with literati, including Gholamreza Emami, Reza Seyyed Hosseini and Ali Asghar San’ati.
Eshqi also said that one of the important locations in the film is the school where Jalal taught for years and he wrote the famous novel ’Principal’ about it.
’The School Principal’, ’By the Pen’ and ’A Stone upon a Grave’ ranged among Al-e Ahmad’s literary works.
Iranology Department Opens in Belarus
The first Iranology and Persian language department has been launched at the Minsk State Linguistics University in Belarus.
Initiated by Iran’s embassy in Minsk, the department has been established to help introduce the Persian culture and civilization to the Belarusian students, reported Mehr News Agency.
An Iranian professor will begin teaching Iranology courses and Persian language at the department in the new academic year to begin in September.
Fakhreddini Commemorative Stamp Unveiled
A commemorative stamp on Iran’s National Orchestra conductor, Farhad Fakhreddini, was unveiled at a ceremony in Shiraz, Fars province.
According to Mehr News Agency, the event was held on the sidelines of the orchestra’s concert held from July 15 to 16 in Afif-Abad Garden in Shiraz.
Speaking at the ceremony, head of the Iranian Music Association, Babak Rezaei, said the stamp has been released to honor Fakhreddini’s lifetime achievements and contributions to Iranian music.
He added that such performances provide opportunities for promoting art and culture in the provinces.
IPO Hosting Cultural Confab
A Seminar on Cultural and Artistic Development will be held by the Islamic Propagation Organization’s Arts Bureau on July 21-22.
Head of the bureau, Hassan Bonyanian, told IRNA that the event seeks to overcome the problems facing cultural domains in line with the guidelines of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.
While most problems in society will be solved by enhancing cultural values, the sector has so far been neglected, he said.
Constant recommendations by the Supreme Leader over cultural enhancement indicate his concerns about inattention to the field, he added.
Topics for discussion include the relation between culture and policymaking, management, religion, politics and sociology.
So far some 400 articles have been submitted to the seminar, of which 55 will be published in a three-volume book.
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