Persepolis will host Iranian Melal Orchestra

IranMania News, Iran
Sept 13 2005

LONDON, September 13 (IranMania) – Iranian Melal (nations) Orchestra
conducted by Peyman Soltani will perform in Persepolis (Takht-e
Jamshid) from September 28-30.

In an interview with ISNA, Soltani said that the orchestra, which
includes 85 instrumentalists, will perform various pieces to the
accompaniment of a chorus.

According to him, the pieces include a number of foreign works and
the first national anthem of Iran, which dates back to the reign of
the Qajar king, Mozaffareddin Shah (1896-1907), and will be performed
for the first time in the country.

The piece was composed by Frenchman Monsieur Lumer to be played on
the piano but it has been set to the orchestra this time, he noted.

Performances of local pieces including Se Chekkeh, Ilcheh Beglar,
which have been set by Siavash Beizaei are also on the agenda.

Other works, including a piece by an Armenian composer, ?Dawn Bird?
by Morteza Neidavoud, ?Fog? by Peyman Soltani, ?Cry? by Aref Qazvini,
are also scheduled to be performed in Persepolis.

The conductor further said that the orchestra includes ten
instrumentalists from Armenia.

?Former head of Iran?s Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization
Hoseein Marashi had issued permission for the orchestra to perform
free of charge at historical monuments including Chehelsotun Palace,
Esfahan, Kakh-e Soltan, Tehran, Soltanieh Dome, Zanjan, Fin Garden
(Kashan),? he noted.

Melal Orchestra will also perform here at Andisheh Hall of Arts Center
from October 2-5.

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