Sounding Iran: Musical Pasts, Presents and Futures

This two-day interdisciplinary conference is organized by UC Irvine ICIT Alumni Hesam Abedini and University of Florida Professor Payam Yousefi. View the full conference program here.

Each night will be a different concert — highlighting the richness and diversity of music in Iran and its diaspora while featuring performances that reflect the evolving traditions, experimental practices and transnational dialogues shaping Iranian musical life today.
 

Two Evenings of Music in Remembrance and Solidarity

• Feb. 7: An Evening of Musical Offerings in Commemoration of Lives Lost in Iran
  Performances by Hossein Omoumi, Jessika Kenney, Eyvind Kang, Payam Yousefi, Hesam Abedini, Siamak Barghi, Parsia Sabet and Asal Iranmehr
• Feb. 8: Performance by Maestro Ali Akbar Moradi: Lamentations and Dance upon the Children of Kaveh Ahangar
  Performances by Maestro Ali Akbar Moradi, joined by Mehdi Bagheri, Kourosh Moradi and Arash Moradi

Tickets
General Admission: $20
Senior Age 62+: $17
UCI Faculty, Alumni, Staff, Emeriti and Retirees: $17
Groups 10+: $17
Arts Packages (3+ events): $15
Students & Youth Age 17/Below: $10