“The festival will be held in the center’s open air theater with performances by 15 foreign groups and single musicians from Japan, India, Bolivia, Egypt, Turkey, Romania, and Scotland,” said the director of center Esmail Bani-Ardalan.
“Acquaintance with the origins of the world’s common music instruments contributes to scientific understanding of ancient cultures and anthropology,” he said, adding, “The antiquity and diversity of wind instruments like the flute is considerable; the instrument has been among people from the Far East to northern Europe, Africa, and Latin America; flute was a symbol of the ritual thoughts of the people.”
“The int’l festival intends to make music-cultural links among people creating an opportunity for research in this field of music; the festival also plans to familiarize people with the history of the flute in different cultures,” Bani-Ardalan stressed.
Japanese flutists Hanzaboro Araki and Mujitsu Shakuhachi, Omkar Gulwari and Haldipur from India as well as Romanian Ovidio Osvart, Turkish Ahmad Guras, and Egyptian Majed Mikhail are scheduled to attend the festival.
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