Fajr International Music Festival ( fa, جشنوارهٔ موسیقی فجر) is
Iran
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's most prestigious Music Festival founded in 1986. The festival is affiliated with
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and includes national and international competition sections.
Since its establishment, many musicians from several countries like
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,
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,
France
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participated in the event. The festival have enjoyed a strong presence of
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n countries as well.
The 22nd Fajr International Music Festival was held in January 2007. The annual event was attended by 1,200 domestic and foreign artists performing different pieces in various categories International and Folk Music, Classical Music and Youth and Women Music. A total of 126 performances were made during the 10-day festival.
27th Festival
Winners of Music Composition Section
*Leyli Mohammad Nosrati for Suite Symphony
*Hamid Moradian for Mooye Kamancheh
Winners of Choir Competitive Section
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Damour Vocal Band
Damour Vocal Band ( Persian: گروه آوازی دامور) is an Iranian A cappella music group co-founded by Faraz Khosravi Danesh and Ata Hakkak in 2011.
Background
Damour Vocal Band was a successful experience for its members, especially ...
Led by
Faraz Khosravi Danesh
Faraz Khosravi Danesh ( fa, فراز خسروی دانش) is an Iranian composer. He co-founded the Damour Vocal Band with Ata Hakkak. While Composing and singing for his own band, he also composed for the band "Sokoot 7" and the soundtrack for t ...
*Avaye Mahan Group Led by Nima Fatehi
*Samat Group Led by Azadeh Azimi
24th Festival: Dec, 2008, Tehran Iran
Winners of Music Composition Section
*Nima Hamidi for String Quartet No.1 "Obur"
*Amir-Sadeq Kanjani for "Iranian,"
*Afarin Mansouri for "Fallen Soldier"
*Saman Samadi for "Night Broker,"
*Sara Lesan for "Motion Continues,"
*Amir-Bahador Sadafian for "Mr. Winter Died."
21st Festival
Plaques of honor
*Mahmud Farahmand
*Yusef Purya
*Khosro Rahimian, and violist
*Fereidun Zarrinbal
*Yusef Ashrafi
*Maziar Heidari
*Shahram Tavakkoli
Golden Chang
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Herbert Karimi-Masihi
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16th Festival
Golden Chang
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Loris Tjeknavorian
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13st Festival
Winners of Music Composition Section
*Shahram Mazloumi
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Mehdi Bozorgmehr
Mehdi Bozorgmehr ( fa, مهدی بزرگمهر; born in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian musician and composer.
Biography
Mehdi Bozorgmehr was born in Tehran, Iran. He is a prolific composer of symphonic, choral, ensemble, arranger, children music, an ...
*Amir Moeeni and Mitra Basiri
10th Festival
Plaques of honor
*Parichehr Khajeh
*Sara Tavasoli
*Nakisa Karimian
*Farangis Moussavi
*Mahsa Ghassemi
9th Festival
Golden Chang
*Sina Sarlak
8th Festival
Golden Chang
*Bahram Osqueezadeh
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Fajr International Music Festival
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* Reza Sadeghi (Santoor)
See also
*National Festival of Youth Music
The National Festival of Youth Music ( fa, جشنوارهٔ موسیقی جوان), is a music festival in Iran that highlights Iranian music performed by young musicians.
The festival took place for the first time in December 1999. Since then, ...
*Fajr International Film Festival
Iran's annual Fajr International Film Festival ( fa, جشنواره بینالمللی فیلم فجر), or Fajr Film Festival (little: FIFF; fa, جشنواره فیلم فجر), has been held every February and April in Tehran since 1982. T ...
References
External links
Fajr International Music and Arts Festival official website
Iranian Concert Tickets Website
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Music festivals in Iran