TEHRAN TIMES -- Persian composer Mehdi Hosseini will perform his Baluchi concerto, utilizing folk music material from Iran’s Sistan and Baluchestan Provinces, at St. Petersburg’s House of Composers on June 11.

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TEHRAN SHIRAZ TABRIZ YAZD RASHT MASHHAD AHVAZ ISFAHAN
Works of Iranian “Solitude”,
“Offering” share
composer to echo best animation
award at U.S.
in St. Petersburg
Tehran Times Art Desk Orchestra by Mehdi Hosseini on May 23.
festival
Tehran Times Art Desk
TEHRAN — Iran’s “Solitude”
by Mehrdad Sheikhan shares
TEHRAN — Pieces created by the Iranian Conducted by the American musician the Best Short Animation
composer and ethnomusicologist Mehdi Brad Cawyer, the Saint-Petersburg State Award with Michael Z. Huber’s
Hosseini will be played during two separate Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra will “The Offering” from the
performances in St. Petersburg in this coming perform it. United States at the Tiburon
April and May. The world premiere of this concerto, which International Film Festival.
His composition, based on the music of utilizes folk music material from the area The festival, which was
the northwestern Iranian Taleshi tribesmen, surrounding the ancient city of Torbat-e Jam held from March 18 at 26
will be performed at the Chamber hall of the in Iran, is dedicated to Nigel Osborne, mentor in Tiburon, north of San
Mehdi Hosseini
Saint-Petersburg State Conservatory, Russia to Hosseini. Francisco, presents the best
on April 8. Following the performance, the St. He later completed his Bachelors and research abilities as an ethnomusicologist of each category with the
Entitled “Taleshi Hava”, the composition will Petersburg State Philharmonic Orchestra Masters degrees in Composition at the and theorist. “Golden Reel Awards”.
be performed with a solo violin and bassoon will be recording for Hosseini’s next compact Saint Petersburg State Conservatory in St. Hosseini has written symphonic music The winners of the Golden
in the second part of the performance in disk, which will include the Concerto for String Petersburg, Russia. and chamber orchestra pieces for ensembles Reel Awards were announced
memory of the Italian composer Luigi Nono. Quartet and will be released in Iran. Apart from his education in Russia, Hosseini and soloists in various compositional genres. during a formal ceremony on
The Saint-Petersburg State Philharmonic Born in 1979 in Tehran, Mehdi Hosseini has also been a student of the composer At its core, his music reflects his on-going March 26 in Tiburon, with many
Hall will host the World premiere of the studied music theory, Persian music and Nigel Osborne. He has demonstrated his research into the astonishing variety of filmmakers, local guests, and
Concerto for String Quartet and Chamber composition with Master Farhad Fakhredini. creative capabilities as a composer and his Persian regional folk music. dignitaries present.
“Solitude” tells the story of a
stone colossus that has lived a
Leili and Majnun now available in Spanish lonely life on its barren planet
for thousands of years. Worn
Tehran Times Culture Desk Leili and Majnun is one of chapters of out by solitude, it decides to
Iranian painting of Saint TEHRAN — Leili and Majnun (Leyli y Majnún), “Khamseh”, which is a pentalogy of poems change its fate.
Mary surprises Lebanese a chapter of “Khamseh” (“The Quintuplet”) written in Masnavi verse form (rhymed Hossein Alizadeh composed
composed by the Iranian romantic epic couplets). the music and Behruz
Tehran Times Art Desk poet Nezami Ganjavi (c. 1141-1209 CE), Shahamat made the sound
“Khamseh” also includes the didactic work
TEHRAN — Iranian veteran Hossein Nuri surprised has recently been published in Spanish in effects for the animation,
Makhzan ol-Asrar (The Treasury of Mysteries),
Lebanese Christians with his painting of Saint Mary. Salamanca. which has won several awards
traditional love stories of Khosrow and Shirin
What was amazing for them was the way the artist has The collection has been translated by in Iranian and foreign events.
and Haft Paykar, and the Eskandar-nameh,
created his artwork. Mahmmad Kangarani, a Ph.D. student at the which records the adventures of Alexander the
Nuri, 56, began his cultural campaign against the University of Salamanca, and the Ediciones Great. WHAT’S IN ART GALLERIES
Shah’s regime during his adulthood, and was arrested Sígueme, a Spanish-language publishing Iran plans to propose two versions of the
by SAVAK (the National Intelligence and Security house has printed the work, the Persian book, which will be kept at the Central Library Painting
Organization which was the domestic security and service of IRNA reported on Saturday. of the University of Tehran and the library of * Tehran’s Aan Gallery is
intelligence service established by Iran’s Shah.) Permanent Associate Professor of the the Shahid Motahhari School and Mosque in holding a group exhibition
He was severely tortured during his detention in University of Salamanca Alberto Cantera Glera Tehran, for registration on UNESCO’s Memory of paintings arranged by
prison which led to spinal cord injury. His arms and legs has written an introduction to the translation. of the World Register list. Fereidun Av.
lost their sense of feeling and he had to grapple with
The exhibit runs until April
the pain he suffered in his kidneys, lungs and larynx.
But, he picked up the paintbrush in his mouth with Berlin museum hosts Aga Khan’s Islamic treasures 16 at the gallery located at
No.40 Seoul St. off Vanak
his teeth and began to paint with the help of his wife BERLIN (AP) — More than 200 items cultural identity, and this is simply a report on his pilgrimage to Mecca; a well- Sq.
Nadia Maftuni. from the Aga Khan’s collection of Islamic wrong perception, because Islam over 13 preserved Mongol robe from the 13th
His exhibit, running from March 17 to April 4 in treasures are in a Berlin exhibition spanning centuries has been a religion practiced by or 14th century; and illustrations of the * An exhibition of paintings
different spots in Beirut, was warmly received by artists, a millennium and covering half the globe. a great diversity of people,” he said. epic Persian poem Shahnameh (Book of by Karan Rashad is to open
students of art, and especially the Christians. A chestnut leaf delicately inscribed with From the western end of the Islamic Kings). at the Seyhun Gallery on April
“My exhibits in Lebanon attracted more visitors golden calligraphy greets visitors at the world, the exhibit showcases artifacts Organizers sought to highlight the 9.
compared to other countries like France, Germany, start of the show of works collected by the such as an inlaid scribe’s cabinet and an importance of the written word and the The exhibit will run through
Algeria and China,” Nuri who was pleased with his billionaire philanthropist and illustrating the astrolabe from “al-Andalus,” the area of Quran, while also following the routes of April 21 at the gallery located
exhibit in Lebanon told the Persian service of IRNA. breadth of Islamic culture. Spain ruled by the Moors until 1492. It travelers, both those making the pilgrimage at No. 30 Fourth Alley, off
“They liked the tableau of Saint Mary I had painted Dating to the Ottoman Empire in the 19th also includes pages from the “blue Quran,” to Mecca and adventurers and explorers, Vozara St.
in response to the anti-Islamic Danish cartoon,” he century, it’s one of the newest pieces on inscribed in gold on blue-dyed parchment, curator Benoit Junod said.
remarked. display at the Martin Gropius Bau gallery. from North Africa. The show, titled “Treasures of the Aga * Mohsen Gallery will
Nuri created the painting in a few days in front of Exhibits date back as far as a green-glazed From the other end, an 18th-century Khan Museum — Masterpieces of Islamic be holding an exhibition of
the Denmark Embassy in Tehran with his brush in his pilgrim’s flask from the seventh or eighth Quran from India inscribed in tiny lettering Art,” continues through June 6. paintings. Works by several
mouth, surprising visitors. century. on green cloth occupies part of a wall, The Aga Khan is spiritual leader of 20 artists including Fereidun
Organizers hope “to present to our contrasting with a geometrically styled million Shia Ismaili Muslims. The exhibition Mambeigi, Mohammad
Western public the pluralism of the Islamic edition of the Quran from the Indonesian includes 215 items out of a collection Eskandari, Hamidreza Jadid,
cultures,” said Luis Monreal, the managing island of Sulawesi. totaling roughly 1,000 pieces, whose Mehdi Hosseini will be put on
director of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture. The exhibit also includes 19th-century permanent home in Toronto should be display on April 9.
Bob Dylan cancels Asia tour “We in general view Islam as a single Chinese pilgrim Ma Fuchu’s illustrated ready in mid-2013. The exhibit will run through
after Beijing rejection: report April 21 at the gallery located
HONG KONG (AFP) — Bob Dylan has cancelled on Naji St., near Farzan St.,
several legs of an Asian tour after Beijing refused to
“Kumar” goes from White Swiss bring manga, anime, off East Mina Blvd. in the
Zafar neighborhood.
give him permission to perform in China, a newspaper House back to Hollywood video-games characters to life
reported Sunday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Nine months after leaving Hollywood LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AFP) — Colleagues at the factory * The Dey Gallery will be
Dylan originally planned to play in China, Hong
for the White House, the actor Kal Penn is returning to Tinseltown where Michel Parchet works may not quite imagine him as a hosting an exhibition by Jaleh
Kong and Taiwan, following his multi-city tour of
to reprise his most famous role, as the marijuana-loving “Kumar” ninja. But on Saturday, the 27-year-old put on a yellow spiky Talebpur opening on April 9.
Japan last month, the Sunday Morning Post said.
in the raucous “Harold and Kumar” feature film comedies. wig and an orange tunic, turning himself into the manga char- The exhibit will continue
Tour organizers, Taiwan-based Brokers Brothers
As Kalpen Modi -- Kal Penn is his stage name -- the 32-year- acter Naruto. until April 15 at the gallery
Herald, announced in January that Dylan would be
old actor has been working in the Obama White House since July Parchet was among hundreds of others who were cosplaying located on 1st Naz Alley, 4th
performing in Hong Kong on April 8, but there was
as an associate director of public engagement. -- dressed up in costumes and role-playing -- at western Swit- Tangestan, Pasdaran Ave.
little subsequent promotion, the report said.
The magazine “Entertainment Weekly” reported on its website zerland’s anime, manga and video games festival Polymanga.
When permission for dates in Shanghai and
on Friday that Penn was leaving to make a new Harold and Kumar “It’s really just for fun,” said Parchet, who had turned up with * An exhibition of paintings
Beijing was not granted by the Chinese government,
movie, this one with a Christmas theme, which might be shot in 24-year-old Denis Fontannaz, also dressed as a character in by Afshin Zardin will open
the company pulled the other Asian dates.
3-D. the same manga series that features the young ninja Naruto. on April 23 at the Golestan
“China’s Ministry of Culture did not give us
Penn, who had campaigned for President Barack Obama, took The two apparently looked their part, as they were repeat- Gallery.
permission to stage concerts in Beijing and
a big pay cut to work in his administration after starring in “Harold edly asked to be photographed by others attending the three- The exhibit will continue
Shanghai, so we had no alternative but to scrap
& Kumar Go to White Castle” and “Harold and Kumar Escape day festival, now in its sixth year, which celebrates Japanese until April 29 at the gallery
plans for a Southeast Asian tour,” Jeffrey Wu, the
from Guantanamo Bay” and playing a leading role on the medical- contemporary culture. located at 42, Kamasaii St.,in
promoter’s chief of operations, was quoted as
mystery television drama “House.” While it started with just 6,000 enthusiasts, organizers are the Darrus neighborhood.
saying.
The writers of “House” cleared Penn’s schedule to take his expecting this year to pull in 16,000 people, ranging from chil-
“The chance to play in China was the main
new job in Washington by having his character abruptly commit dren to adults in their thirties. * The Kamaleddin Behzad
attraction for him. When that fell through everything
suicide last year. But beyond the vendors peddling the latest mangas, screen- Gallery is holding an exhibition
else was called off.”
One of the few Indian-American actors to make it big in ings of animes and interviews with guests such as the creator of 3D calligraphic paintings
Telephone calls to the ministry by AFP went
Hollywood, Penn has said he was inspired to get involved in of popular manga Kenichi, Syun Matsuena, what is perhaps the by Habibollah Ajdari.
unanswered on Sunday.
politics partly by his grandparents, who marched with Mahatma highlight of the event is the cosplay competition. The exhibit will continue
Wu said the ministry had tightened control over
Gandhi in the Indian independence movement. Saturday’s competition was jampacked with visitors, many of until April 15 at the gallery
foreign singers performing in China since Icelandic star
The Washington Post reported on Saturday that the White House whom stood along the aisles for over two hours, to see partici- located on Shanzdah-e Azar
Bjork’s pro-Tibet outburst at a Shanghai concert two
was declining comment, saying Modi “has no announcements to pants of the contest bring to life their favorite manga, anime or St. at the intersection with
years ago.
make about his tenure here at this point.” video game characters. Keshavarz Blvd.