March 8 is World Women’s Day. For the Iran Free Committee this is reason to draw attention to the brave
struggle of Iranian women against the oppressive mullah regime. Two of these courageous defenders of women’s
and human rights are coming to the Netherlands.
Zoals het soefisme aanspoort tot eenheid en harmonie, en oosters en westers gedachtegoed met elkaar verbindt, zo omarmen traditionele Perzische muziek, Johann Sebastian Bach en Arvo Pärt elkaar in de voorstelling ‘In Hogere Sferen – Bach, Soefi & Pärt’.
Experience a hushed cappella concert by Orchestre Partout & Wereldkoor Haarlem, inspired by the mystical poetry of the Persian poet Rumi. Unlike the energetic, danceable music that Orchestre Partout often performs, this concert invites us to turn inward and embrace the timelessness of silence. Together with the Wereldkoor Haarlem, Orchestre
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Iraanse zangeres Mojgan Shajarian komt naar Nederland voor een unieke samenwerking met Noordpool Orkest. Samen vieren zij in Gordafarid vrouwelijke moed en kracht in een meeslepende muzikale reis door oost en west. Gordafarid is geïnspireerd op verhalen uit het beroemde Shahnameh (‘Boek der Koningen’) van de Perzisch 11e eeuwse dichter Ferdowsi.
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Calefax meets one of Iran’s most famous singers: Mohammad Motamedi. Together, the musicians perform a mix of traditional Persian songs with instrumental classical music. Century-old Persian poetry is an inexhaustible source for Persian songs. Motamedi’s speciality is to adorn these verses with enchanting melodies. Song of the Reed is about
PDN – On Friday, September 27, Utrecht University will host the conference “Reason and Religion in Iran: 1925-2025.” Scholars will explore the complex relationship between reason and religion in Iran (Persia) over the past century. “This relationship is often oversimplified as a clash between rational modernity and secularism versus reactionary,