Gallery 
Tirgan 2013 Artists
NOTE: ALL PROGRAMS ARE SUBJECTED TO CHANGE. FINAL EVENT PLANNER WILL BE PUBLISHED ON JULY 1, 2013.
Afarin Mansouri
Afarin Mansouri Tehrani is the co-founder of "ICOT" - Iranian-Canadian Composers of Toronto, an associate composer of Canadian Music Centre, and...
Ajam
Ajam is a London based band that formed in early 2010. Ajam's music tries to bring the epic and soulful spirit of the native music of Iran to a new generation...
Alfredo Cáceres
Born in Guatemala City, Alfredo lived in Seville, Spain where he studied with multiple renowned master Flamenco guitarists, and legendary Flamenco...
Blurred Vision
Fresh off a major headline tour of the UK in 2012, Blurred Vision has been creating a buzz that has stretched across the world...
( Radio Javan ) DJ Taba
Vahid Tabatabaie aka DJ Taba has over 8 years of experience as a disk jockey (DJ), musician, and master of ceremonies. He is currently a resident...
Erwin Khachikian and Karmandan
Erwin Khachikian was born in Tehran, Iran and moved to the USA when he was 13 years old. In Farsi, Karmandan translates to blue-collar...
Farzin Farhadi
A Saxophonist by training, Farzin is a multi-talented songwriter & producer who has worked in diverse genres for more than two decades. His melodic tunes...
Hamed Nikpay
A fusion vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter, Hamed Nikpay has been a pioneering & experimental artist for over a decade. His music transcends all...
Hussain Jiffry
Born and raised in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Hussain grew up surrounded by diverse traditional music of his country, as well as pop, jazz, & R & B. He started...
Kamelia Dara
Kamelia is a prodigy of today's Persian Opera. Her voice has a warm timbre and a dark color. Born to a musically inclined family, she discovered her ...
Keyan Emami
Keyan Emami is currently pursuing his Doctorate of Music in Composition at the University of Toronto under the supervision of...
Lloyd Miller ( Lecture Presentation )
Dr. Miller studied Persian music in Iran in 1959 then in the 1960s in Paris with master Daryush Safvat at Centre d'Études de Musique Orientale. He also ...
Maziar Heidari
Maziar started Piano with the famous piano professor Ardeshir Rohani, when he was 5. He received his bachelor’s in Industrial Engineering and...
Mohsen Namjoo ( Lecture Presentation )
Mohsen Namjoo is an Iranian artist, songwriter, singer, music scholar and setar (traditional Persian lute) player based in California...
Naghmeh Farahmand
Naghmeh Farahmand the daughter of a leading master percussionist Mahmoud Farahmand has performed with many well-known ensembles in Iran...
Pouya Hamidi
Pouya Hamidi had his first lessons in classical piano as a small child in Iran. Since coming to Canada he has attended the Young Artist Performance Academy at...
Rana Mansour
Never having been to Iran, this American-born Iranian is nonetheless influenced by her heritage, and she expresses this by uniting musical elements from...
Saman Shahi
Saman finished his Masters of Music in Composition from the University of Toronto in 2012, where he also received his Bachelor’s degree with...
Sardar Mohammadjani
Sardar Mohammadjani born in 1978 in a Kurdish region of Iran chose Tar as his primary musical instrument at the age of 10. In 1997 he left his ...
Satnam Ramgotra
A Canadian born & raised percussionist, Satnam has formal training on both drum, and Indian classical Tabla.He has performed as guest artists and...
Sepideh Raissadat and Magham Ensemble
Sepideh Raissadat: Persian classical vocalist and musician Sepideh Raissadat recorded her first album at the age of 18 with Master Parviz Meshkatian...
Tinoush Bahrami
Tinoush Bahrami is a Tar and Se-tar solo artist and composer born in 1966 in Tehran. He has studied under the grand masters of Persian traditional music...
Azita Sahebjam
Azita Sahebjam was born in Tehran, Iran. She was an active participant of Pars National Ballet since 1978 under the direction and teachings of...
Delara Tiv
Delara was born in Tehran, Iran. From the age of 6, Delara started studying music, choosing the flute as her instrument. Her passion for dance ...
Gordafarid
The first female naqqal (Iranian epic storyteller) of Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh “Iranian National Epic”, Gordafarid, has excelled in ...
Karine Gonzalez
Karine Gonzalez is a multifaceted artist. After studying piano, music theory and ballet dance for over ten years, she naturally found her ...
Katherine St. John ( Lecture Presentation )
Katherine St. John earned an MA in ethnic dance at Brigham Young University, an MA at University of Utah in Persian Studies and completed...
Robert De Warren ( Lecture Presentation )
Born in Montevideo, Uruguay, of British/Italian parents, Robert de Warren, dancer, director, choreographer and designer, is a...
Shahrokh Moshkin Ghalam
Shahrokh Moshkin Ghalam graduated from the University of Paris VIII with a degree in History of Art and Theatre ...
Kaveh Farrokh
Kaveh Farrokh, the author of three history books, has been recognized as an expert in the ancient history of Persia. His books have been translated into ...
Leili Anvar
Former student of the Ecole Normale Supérieure, Leili Anvar holds a PhD in Persian literature. She is assistant professor at the Institut des Langues et des ...
Moniro Ravanipour
Moniro Ravanipour is an internationally acclaimed innovative writer who is the author of twelve titles published in Iran, including six collections of ...
Touraj Daryaee
Touraj Daryaee is the Howard C. Baskerville Professor in the History of Iran and the Persianate World and the Associate Director of the ...
Shirin Neshat
Shirin Neshat is among the best-known Iranian artists in the Western world. She has lived in the United States, in self-imposed exile from her native Iran ...
Siavash Shabanpour
Siavash Shabanpour was born in Tehran, Iran. He began writing poetry in his late teens. His poetry was published in major student-run publications in ...
Soheil Parsa
Soheil Parsa is an award-winning director, actor, writer, dramaturg, choreographer and teacher, whose professional theatre career spans thirty years and ...
Sanaz Mazinani( Curator )
Sanaz Mazinani is an artist, curator, and educator based in San Francisco and Toronto. She holds her undergraduate degree from Ontario College of ...
Elnaz Maassoumian
Elnaz Maassoumian is an artist and architectural visualizer, living and working in Toronto. After graduating in applied mathematics from the ...
Gita Hashemi
Gita Hashemi is an award-winning transmedia artist, writer and curator whose practice is concerned with historical and contemporary issues ...
Naz Rahbar
Naz Rahbar was born in Tehran Iran in 1983. She immigrated to Canada along with her family at the age of thirteen. Following her passion for ...
Negar Farajiani
Born in Iran in the historic city of Yazd, Negar Farajiani is an interdisciplinary artist and curator. She lives and works between Yazd and ...
Soheila K. Esfahani
Soheila K. Esfahani grew up in Tehran, Iran, and moved to Canada in 1992. She received her BA in Fine Arts from the University of Waterloo, and ...
Sona Safaei-Sooreh
Sona Safaei-Sooreh (1981) is an interdisciplinary artist, based in Toronto. She holds a BFA in painting from Azad University in Tehran, and a ...
Touka Neyestani
Touka Neyestani was born in Shahrood, Iran in 1960. He is a well known caricaturist and architect. His father, Manouchehr Neyestani was a poet and ...
Najmieh Batmanglij
Hailed as “The guru of Persian cuisine” by The Washington Post, Najmieh Batmanglij has spent the past 30 years cooking, traveling, and adapting ...
Abbas Maroufi
A graduate of Fine Arts from Tehran University with a prodigious artistic talent, Maroufi has been director of Tehran Symphony Orchestra, founder of...
Peter Bregg
Over the past four decades, internationally-renowned photojournalist Peter Bregg has travelled to more than...
Kamran Jebreili
Kamran Jebreili is a self trained photographer with a M.A. in architecture from Fine Arts Faculty of Tehran university...
Alfred Yaghobzadeh
Alfred Yaghobzadeh was born in a multicultural family of an Armenian father and Assyrian mother in Teheran, Iran....
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