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Tehran Audiences Treated to Maestro Performance

December 5, 2016
IranWire
Tehran Audiences Treated to Maestro Performance
Tehran Audiences Treated to Maestro Performance
Tehran Audiences Treated to Maestro Performance
Tehran Audiences Treated to Maestro Performance
Tehran Audiences Treated to Maestro Performance
Tehran Audiences Treated to Maestro Performance
Tehran Audiences Treated to Maestro Performance
Tehran Audiences Treated to Maestro Performance
Tehran Audiences Treated to Maestro Performance
Tehran Audiences Treated to Maestro Performance
Tehran Audiences Treated to Maestro Performance

Tehran’s Vahdat Hall began hosting a series of concerts by Kayhan Kalhor and Erdal Erzincan on December 3. Kalhor plays the Iranian kamancheh, and Erzincan is a master of the Turkish baglama. Both stringed instruments date back centuries, and have been used in music across Iran, Turkey, and Central Asia. The concerts run until December 6. 

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