FNA - Maestro Houshang Zarif, a great tar player of the contemporary music of Iran, passed away after cardiac arrest at the age of 81. Zarif deceased late on Saturday after suffering cardiac arrest. Zarif was born in 1938 in Tehran. He was a graduate of the Persian National Music Conservatory in Tehran; where he studied tar with Mousa Maroufi....

The inclusion of the art of playing on the tar in the UNESCO Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity as part of the Azerbaijani culture has caused a serious outrage in Iran. "This is a gross distortion of the history of music in the region, said head of Iran's House of Music Dariush Pirniakan (Tehran Times). "This instrument ...

The theft of Irans cultural heritage goes on, says an article by Iranian news website Tabnak.ir. The author of the article condemns the fact that Iranian tar (stringed musical instrument) was registered by UNESCO as cultural heritage of the Azerbaijani Republic in the presence of Iranian officials. It is very surprising and ridiculous that tar,...

Traditional Persian musical instrument Tar is slated to be registered on UNESCOs representative list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanities. Following the recent registration of Azerbaijani Tar on the world heritage list, Iran will offer the proposal for registering Persian Tar on the list. The name of instrument Tar, within the collection ...