The School of Music, Center for Iranian Diaspora Studies at San Francisco State University and Diaspora Arts proudly present "Music for A New Year's Liberation: To the People of Iran (Navaye Mardom)" on Thursday, March 16, 2023 at Knuth Hall, San Francisco State University. This event is free and open to the public.

Navaye Mardom — To the People of Iran
Music for a New Year’s Liberation
Directed by Dr. Hafez Modirzadeh, School of Music
Thursday Mar 16, 2023
7:00 PM Pre-concert Talk
7:30-9:30 PM Concert
Knuth Hall
Creative Arts Bldg. 140
San Francisco State University

Featured Musicians:
Pezhham Akhavass (tombak)
Bay Area Persian Music Ensemble (Faraz Minooei, Director)
Samandar Deghani (tar, daf)
Mima Goodarz (avaz)
Nasim Gorgani (daf)
Sirvan Manhoobi (Ûd)
Hafez Modirzadeh (saxophone)
John-Carlos Perea (cedar flute, vocals, drum, bass)
Farin Sardari (tar)
Shahin Shahbazi (tar)
Mona Shahnavaz (piano)
Ramin Zoufonoun (Persian-tuned piano)
John-Carlos Perea (cedar flute, vocals, drum, bass)

Made possible with the support of an Extraordinary Ideas grant from the College of Liberal & Creative Arts with additional support from the Department of History, the Department of Philosophy, the Poetry Center, and the Center for Iranian Diaspora Studies, San Francisco State University. Co-sponsored by Diaspora Arts Connection.

For more information contact iraniandiasporastudies@sfsu.edu

Artwork by Negar Soltani