TEHRAN -- Three junior vocalists will accompany Iran’s National Orchestra during its concerts on November 20 and 21 at the Vahdat Hall.

Vocalists Ali Minusepeher, Alireza Fereydunpur and Mohammadreza Sadeqi will accompany the orchestra during these performances, the orchestra’s conductor Fakhreddini mentioned during a press conference on Saturday.
The orchestra encourages talented young artists to join the ranks of its associates and after several rehearsals, they are permitted perform with the orchestra, he added.
Minusepehr and Sadeqi performed with the orchestra previously but Sadeqi will be performing for the first time, he mentioned.
He went on to say that each performance includes 12 pieces which will be staged in two sections. The performances will begin with a rhapsody by Azerbaijani composer Khayyam Mirzazadeh that he dedicated to Fakhreddini.
“A selection of pieces performed by the National Orchestra during previous years will be performed during the 24th Fajr International Music Festival, and Salar Aqili and Rashid Vatandust will accompany the orchestra as vocalists,” he added.
“We asked Fakhreddini to select a variety of significant works that have been performed by the orchestra since its establishment during a special section at the Fajr Music Festival,” the head of the Iranian Music Association Babak Rezaii mentioned during the conference.
Tickets are on sale at Qoqnus Publications, the Vahdat Hall box office and Darinush Pablications.
Photo: Iran National Orchestra conductor Farhad Fakhreddini (rear) opens arms to give a hug to vocalist Salar Aqili after a performance at Tehran’s National Grand Hall on October 17, 2008. (Fars/Javad Moqimi)