TEHRAN – Musicians from seven countries will be giving performances during the 1st Tehran Contemporary Music Festival (TCMF), which will be held from April 22 to 29.

The musicians are coming from Norway, Georgia, Poland, Switzerland, Romania, Belgium and the Netherlands, the festivals’ advisor in international affairs, Hossein Sadri, said in a press conference held Tuesday at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art.

He added that a number of Iranian and foreign scholars will be delivering lectures at the Iranian Artists Forum, calling it a good program for music students and researchers.

Rezo Kiknadze, Rector of Tbilisi State Conservatoire is among the musicians who will be delivering lectures along with some of the Iranian musicians including Nader Mashayekhi and Mohammad Sarir.

Established by the Contemporary Music Circle, the festival aims to introduce works by Iranian composers that are being performed in international festivals by world musicians, Navid Gohari, the artistic director of the festival said.

He explained that the participating musicians from Iran and other countries will be performing works by world composers, that is, Iranian musicians will be performing works by Iranian and foreign composers, and the foreign ensembles will also be performing works from the Iranian and world composers.

Rudaki Hall, the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art and the Iranian Artists Forum will be hosting the event, he added.

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