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unusual facts about Persian traditional music


Persian traditional music

In 1968, Dariush Safvat and Nur-Ali Borumand helped form the Center for Preservation and Propagation of Iranian Music with the help of Reza Ghotbi, director of NIRT (National Iranian Radio-Television), an act credited with saving traditional music in the 1970s by other ethnomusicologists, including Nelly Caron, Tran Van Khe, and Hormoz Farhat.


Darvish Khan

He played a concert at the Grand Hotel of Tehran with other great masters of Persian music of his time, including Aref Qazvini.

Entends-tu le monde?

The track has a similar musical style to that found on Arena's previous album Un autre univers with its Senegalese choir and Persian guitars.

Mastan Ensemble

The Mastān Ensemble (Persian: گروه مستان - Gorouh-e Mastān) is an Iranian musical group performing traditional Persian music.


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