Mohammad Reza Shajarian, once dubbed "the Pavarotti of Persian classical music" by the Toronto Globe & Mail, had never been known as a particularly political person. That was before the widely ...

Two musicians played traditional Persian instruments: Fedros Ghadiri — drumming and strumming the santoor — and Eimon Amjadi, a senior majoring in neuroscience, tapped the tombak with his fingertips ...

In addition to traditional Persian instruments — tar, ney (bamboo flute), tombak and daf drums, santur, and qanun (zither) — Dornob also incorporates fretless bass guitar, Persian-tuned keyboards, and ...