Keyhan Kalhor to perform online concert in Tehran,Isfahan

TEHRAN.(Iranart) -The World-renowned Iranian musician Kayhan Kalhor, which is most famous for his skills in playing kamancheh, will be giving an online concert this Monday.

Kalhor, who is having an active presence in cyberspace during the coronavirus outbreak, posted a message on his Instagram page about the ‘Silent City’ concert program in the two cities.

“Silent City” is a 30-minute track from an album of the same name recorded by Kalhor and the New York-based string quartet Brooklyn Rider at World Village Records in 2008.

“Silent City” was composed in memory of the victims of Iraq’s 1988 chemical attack on Halabja

Four-time Grammy Award nominee Kalhor has won several awards at Iranian and international music events. 

He won the Artist Award of the globalFEST, North America’s most important world music industry event, which was held in New York in January.

He won the Artist Award at the WOMEX Awards, the World Music Expo, in Finland in August 2019. 

He was also one of the two winners of the Isaac Stern Human Spirit Award at the Shanghai Isaac Stern International Violin Competition in August 2018. 

Interested individuals can watch his performance on his Instagram page and YouTube.