Fajr International Music Festival (Persian: 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.
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Fajr International Music Festival (Persian: جشنوارهٔ موسیقی فجر) is Iran's most prestigious Music Festival founded in 1986.
01 · What it is
Music
Vocal, percussive, or instrumental sound tradition carried by community performers.
02 · Where & name
Iran
Written in its own script on record as جشنواره موسیقی فجر.
03 · How it is doing
□□□□ (Not yet assessed)
Documented in open cultural records, but no cited field assessment of its current vitality has been added here yet.
04 · Proof & reuse
2 cited sources
Every claim links to a public record below. Free to quote, teach, and share under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chapter Takeaways
Winners of Music Composition SectionLeyli Mohammad Nosrati for Suite Symphony Hamid Moradian for Mooye Kamancheh
Winners of Choir Competitive SectionDamour Vocal Band Led by Faraz Khosravi Danesh Avaye Mahan Group Led by Nima Fatehi Samat Group Led by Azadeh Azimi
Winners of Music Composition SectionNima 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.
Plaques of honorMahmud Farahmand Yusef Purya Khosro Rahimian, and violist Fereidun Zarrinbal Yusef Ashrafi Maziar Heidari Shahram Tavakkoli
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What is Fajr International Music Festival in plain words?
Fajr International Music Festival (Persian: جشنوارهٔ موسیقی فجر) is Iran's most prestigious Music Festival founded in 1986. In local script on record, it is written جشنواره موسیقی فجر.
Where is Fajr International Music Festival practised or documented?
Sources on this page place Fajr International Music Festival in Iran.
What is the current condition of Fajr International Music Festival today?
□□□□ (Not yet assessed): Documented in open cultural records, but no cited field assessment of its current vitality has been added here yet.
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Fajr International Music Festival (Persian: 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 its establishment, many musicians from several countries like Austria, Germany, France participated in the event. The festival have enjoyed a strong presence of Asian 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. 1
Winners of Music Composition Section
Leyli Mohammad Nosrati for Suite Symphony
Hamid Moradian for Mooye Kamancheh 1
Winners of Choir Competitive Section
Damour Vocal Band Led by Faraz Khosravi Danesh
Avaye Mahan Group Led by Nima Fatehi
Samat Group Led by Azadeh Azimi 1
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." 1
Plaques of honor
Mahmud Farahmand
Yusef Purya
Khosro Rahimian, and violist
Fereidun Zarrinbal
Yusef Ashrafi
Maziar Heidari
Shahram Tavakkoli 1
Golden Chang
Herbert Karimi-Masihi
Morris Erisco 1
The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Fajr International Music Festival”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. 1
Fajr International Music Festival is annual music and arts festival held in Tehran, Iran, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. 2
The source record links this tradition to 2 external registers, which can be verified through the citation. 2