Tehran tuning up for hot summer days

TEHRAN,July 27(MNA) – Tehran is getting tuned up for the hot summer days bringing a big surprise for music lovers with over 10 different concerts ranging from traditional to pop and classic. Young pianist Arman Fahimi will be giving a piano recital in Rudaki Hall on August 1. Vahdat Hall will be hosting the band “Arshavir”, playing regional music from Kordestan and Lorestan provinces accompanied with ritual performances on August 3. Vocalist Homayun Shajarian and a group of musicians led by composer and string instrumentalist Tahmures Purnazari will give concerts at the Grand Hall of the Ministry of Interior in Tehran from August 7 to 9. Songs from their latest album “Neither Angel nor Devil Am I” will be performed during the concerts. Great fans of the pop star and music composer Sirvan Khosravi will be able to meet him in the Milad Hall of the Tehran Permanent International Fairgrounds on August 7, 8 and 11. On August 10 and 11, Rudaki Hall will host a group of dervishes from Konya to perform sama, the Sufi ecstatic dance, during the concerts. A number of Iranian musicians led by Amir-Hossein Hassaninia will accompany the group. Milad Hall of the Tehran Permanent International Fairgrounds will host Ali Lohrasbi on August 14 and pop star Benyamin Bahadori on August 15. The hall will also host concerts by pop singer Hamid Asgari on August 20 and Reza Yazdani on August 25.