Ethnic music from Khorasan region will be heard Saturday night at Roudaki Hall.
The concert is the third and last performance by the three ensembles -- Saba, Simorgh and Zhendepil -- representing the ethnic music of Khorasan (North Khorasan, South Khorasan and Khorasan Razavi provinces), ILNA reported on its Persian website.
Titled “Khorasan’s Sound of Loneliness in Tehran,” the event is organized by the Iranian Art Enthusiasts Institute and includes a ceremony to honor the living legend Osman Mohammad-Parast, the veteran dotar virtuoso.
An earlier event of Khorasan music was scheduled on March 5-9 hosted by the House of Human Sciences Thinkers in Tehran. The event was not well received by the people as many seats remained unoccupied and was cancelled.
The same fate would visit the present show if acclaimed composer and kamancheh virtuoso had not intervened. Iranconcert.com has been offering the event’s tickets, but only few of them were sold, until Kalhor took the initiative and posted a few words on his Instagram feed: “Khorasan’s Sound of Loneliness in Tehran is on the verge of annulment for the second time … This is the same culture we passionately take pride in… Support ethnic music and artists.” He mentioned the venue and timing of the concerts at the end of his post.
Kalhor has currently 289,000 followers in Instagram; so soon after his message (posted six days ago), the event’s first two nights were all sold out and there is no ticket left for Saturday. “Khorasan’s Sound of Loneliness in Tehran” is among the few performances scheduled in the fasting month of Ramadan (started May 17). Most concerts and music events are usually held after the month.
