TEHRAN – Tehran Symphony Orchestra (TSO), conducted by Nasir Heydarian will stage the concert “October 1904” at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall on September 11 and 12.

At the concert, the orchestra will perform pieces by the Austro-Bohemian Romantic composer Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and German composer and pianist Robert Schumann, Honaronline reported.

The repertoire will include “Symphony No. 5” by Mahler, “Clarinet Concerto in A major” by Mozart, and “Spring Symphony” by Schumann.

Mahler wrote his “Symphony No. 5” between 1901 and 1902. However, the piece premiered in October 1904, which is why the name “October 1904” was chosen for the upcoming symphony orchestra concert.

Born in Tehran, Nasir Heydarian studied orchestral conducting at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz in Austria. He has an extensive career, having collaborated as a conductor with the Graz Opera, Basel Symphony Orchestra, Zurich Opera, Bonn Opera, Beethoven Hall Orchestra in Bonn, Munich Chamber Orchestra, Venezuela Youth Orchestra, World Youth Orchestra, and many other ensembles.

Heydarian previously worked as a trombonist with the Tehran Symphony Orchestra. He was selected as the conductor of the TSO in August 2022.

The Tehran Symphony Orchestra, founded in 1933, is Iran's oldest and largest symphony orchestra. It was founded as the Municipality Symphony Orchestra by Gholamhossein Minbashian, before entering its modern form under Parviz Mahmoud in 1946. 

In the years that followed, conductors such as Rubik (Ruben) Gregorian, Morteza Hannaneh, Haymo Taeuber, Heshmat Sanjari, Farhad Meshkat, and Fereydoun Nasseri took over as the conductors of the orchestra.

Performing pieces by acclaimed Iranian and international composers, the TSO held more than 20 concerts last year at Vahdat Hall.

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