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Rumi Concert in Amsterdam: THE ORIGIN OF LIGHT | 22 & 23 November 2024

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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ISFAHAN: A 17th-Century Dutch Pananorma by Jan Janssonius

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A stunning panorama of Isfahan, the capital of Persia in the 17th century, was created by Jan Janssonius and published in Amsterdam in 1657. This remarkable town view originally appeared in Janssonius’s rare eight-volume Theatrum Urbium, the most comprehensive Dutch town-book of its time. Jan Janssonius (1588–1664), one of the

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Perzië ontmoet Nederland: Mojgan Shajarian & Noordpool Orkest in Utrecht & Leeuwarden

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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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Dutch Ensemble Calefax Collaborates with Persian Vocalist | کنسرت گروه هلندی با تکخوان ایرانی

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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

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Conference: ‘Reason and Religion in Iran 1925-2025’ | Utrecht University, 27 September 2024

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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,

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MAZ JOBRANI; ‘Persian Pink Panther’ in Amsterdam and Eindhoven | برنامه‌های ماز جبرانی در آمستردام و ایندهوفن