Soodabeh Salem (also Sudabeh Salam, fa, سودابه سالم , born 1954 in

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...

) is an Iranian musician,

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

player and the conductor of

Iran's Children Orchestra Soodabeh Salem (also Sudabeh Salam, fa, سودابه سالم , born 1954 in Tehran) is an Iranian musician, piano player and the conductor of Iran's Children Orchestra. Salem succeeded in founding an orchestra to promote Children's music despi ...

. Salem succeeded in founding an

orchestra An orchestra (; ) is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families. There are typically four main sections of instruments: * bowed string instruments, such as the violin, viola, c ...

to promote Children's music despite numerous difficulties. Her orchestra's performance was praised in

Fajr Music Festival Fajr International Music Festival ( fa, جشنوارهٔ موسیقی فجر) is Iran's most prestigious Music Festival founded in 1986. The festival is affiliated with UNESCO and includes national and international competition sections. Since i ...

(2007). She designed and taught music therapy classes for children of Bam. She has also collaborated with

UNICEF UNICEF (), originally called the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund in full, now officially United Nations Children's Fund, is an agency of the United Nations responsible for providing Humanitarianism, humanitarian and Devel ...

for one year.Soreie Mehr - Author
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