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Iranian music is quite rich in its own rights. Iranian music is thought to be centuries old and under its repertoire comes various genres including classical music, folk music and pop music as well. Iran has many ethnic communities and they all have different style of folk music.
Most prominent style of folk music is prevalent in the northeastern region of Iran called, Khorasan. Here, fascinating folk songs are accompanied by instruments like the double-reeded ghooshmeh, daiyreh drum, stringed dotar and wind instrument.
These songs feature kemancheh player Kayhan Kalhor and famous vocalist Mohammad Reza Shajarian.
Apart from khorasan music, western part of Iran, a stronghold of Kurdish population has its own unique Kurdish and Iranian classical music.
Most renowned practitioner of classical music in Iran is vocalist Mohammad Reza Shajarian. With experience of more than 40 years, he possesses unblemished performance, commanding tone and splendid sense of music.
Opera is also credited to originate in Iran first. Iranian pop music had its moments of glory before revolution in late 70s. Most famous pop singer was Googoosh. Other prominent singers and bands include names like Anastasia Tsioulcas, Chemiranis, Hossein Alizadeh, Kayhan Kalhor, Sussan Deyhim,Ensemble Sarband,, Niyaz, Pecheurs de perles, Madjid Khaladj, Masters of Persian Music, Mohammad Reza Shajarian etc.
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