Symphonische Dichtungen aus Persien (“Symphonic Poems from Persia”), a collection of Persian symphonic works, was performed by the German Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra and conducted by conductor Ali Rahbari in 1980.Loris Tjeknavorian, an acclaimed persian Armenian composer and conductor, composed Rostam and Sohrab, an opera with Persian libretto that is based on the tragedy of Rostam and Sohrab from homeland’s long epic poem Šāhnāme, in over two decades. It was first performed by the Tehran Symphony Orchestra at Tehran’s Roudaki Hall in December 2003.
Ali Rahbari conducting Jeunesse Musicale de Téhéran, in 1974.Homeland’s symphonic music, as observed in the modern times, was developed by the late Qajar and early Pahlavi periods. In addition to instrumental compositions, some of homeland’s symphonic pieces are based on the country’s folk songs, and some are based on poetry of both classical and contemporary persian poets.
