Music from Tehran

A female rapper talking about her life in Iran.

This is the first part in a three part series of interviews we had with musicians from Tehran, Iran. In this part: Kiavash. Fiddler and member/co-founder of the Collegium Musicum Tehran.

Contains an excerpt from the song 'The Ladder In My Blood' by Scott Kelly and parts from several classical works (of which I don't know the name. Sorry bout that.)

This is the second part in a three part series of interviews we had with musicians from Tehran, Iran. In this part: Maral singer/songwriter of the band The Plastic Wave.

Contains excerpts of the songs 'The Ladder in my Blood' by Scott Kelly, plus two tracks by The Plastic Wave: 'My Clothes on Other Bodies' and Autotomy.

This is the third and final part in this series of interviews we had with musicians from Tehran, Iran. So last - but surely not least - we'd like to introduce you to Ehsan. He plays guitar (and composes songs) in a band that combines Iranian folklore, Jazz and symphonic/progressive rock.
He also writes music for theater plays.

Contains excerpts of the songs 'The Ladder in my Blood' by Scott Kelly and works by Ehsan's band Whisper.

Here a clip from tehrans hottest young singer Maral.
More of her in a few weeks.....

Iranian Siavash and Dutch Johannes Leertouwer play at the Teheran University in a baroques masterclass in Teheran University december 2008.
Filmed by Neil van der Linden for Couscous Global.