Persian

History, similarities and differences with other Central Asian styles, relationship with Sufi poetry, the dastgah system, composition structure, instruments, and links.

Kereshmeh Records is a non-profit organization. It has information of Persian music, artists, musical instruments and a music mailing list.

Large Audio Files of Persian Music (Format: AU/WAV)

Shayda Institute website is of maestro Mohammad Reza Lotfi and has some useful articles about Persian music.

Canada-based barbat player. Includes profile, tour schedule, discography with audio samples, an introduction to the barbat, and links.

Liän Records presents a new approach to music inspired by mystical world music and Persian Sufi music and literature. It has a good section about Persian music with some good articles.

A good article on the history of classical Persian music with a brief description of musical instruments.

Website of Dr. Manoochehr Sadeghi includes information about santur (Persian hammered dulcimer), radif music and articles about Persian art music.

A brief about classical Persian music with historical approach

Official Website of the late Elahi (composer and Kurdish tanbour player) that includes information of his life, works and so on.

A good article about Persian music and its history by Prof. Hormoz Farhat

A ney player that includes his biography, press, concerts, discography and photos.

Tanbour.org is a New York base institute focused on performing and teaching Persian Sufi, spiritual and folk music.

Information about Persian art music, the instruments, musicians and radif.

MP3s of Experimental Kamancheh by Larri. Explorations in Afro-Persian Kamancheh music.

U.S.-based website for Persian music by Maryam Yusefzadeh. Music production, news and calendar.

Four member art music group. Includes member profiles, music samples, and related articles.

Fariborz Lachini - Composing unique scores for film, television, theatre and interactive multimedia with a Middle Eastern feel. News weblog, music room, biography, filmography and discography sections.

Official website of Majid Nazempour, Iranian oud player. Biography, history of oud and pictures of oud.

Interview with Pejman Akbarzadeh, Iranian journalist and a member of Artists Without Frontiers.

Includes descriptions, sounds and photos of classical instruments of Iran and also the history of Radif, the foundation of Iranian traditional music. Site provides a complete list of dastgahs, maghams and goushehs and some sheet music for some of the dastgahs.

Brief history of Iranian classical music and reviews of some albums.

Midi files of Persian songs.

History of Persian music. Several Real Audio samples of ethnic music styles.

Iran-based Classical Persian vocalist. Biography and photo album.

Quintet that plays a fusion of Persian, American jazz, Indian, Spanish, Gypsy and Gamelon. Site features music samples, reviews and ordering information.

Persian traditional and folk music on CDs, books and tapes.

Essay about the ritual songs and music of Mazandaran.

Mohammad Reza Darvish discusses the music of Muslims, Christians, Jews and Zoroastrians in Iran.

Dedicated to promoting the Persian goblet drum. Includes artists, articles, book and audio reviews, courses and players.

Wikipedia article about the singer, her career and biography.

The singer's official website including biography, pictures, downloads of music files and a list of her recordings.

Official site of the Iranian singer, with biography, discography and upcoming concerts. [English / Farsi]

Homepage of Anis Moin, an Iranian singer living in Sweden. Features news, biography, discography and some music samples.

Explains this core group of traditional melodies and the way they are used in musical performance. Lists all dastgahs, maghaams and gushehs.

Fan page for the singer, with information and links to real audio files, music videos and photos.

Official site for the pop singer, with concert calendar, news, image gallery, biography and messages for her fans.

Fan site for the pop singer, containing his biography and discography.

Email forum for the exchange of information, ideas, and research on and about Oriental musical cultures, especially the music of Iran.

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