
Featuring the magnificent Pournazeri Trio: Kaykhosro, Tahmoures, and Sohrab Pournazeri with special guests.
Join us for a concert that unites cultures through the power of music: Celebrate Nowruz, the Iranian New Year, with Pacific Symphony! A traditional festival that marks the beginning of spring, Nowruz is a time to celebrate the “rebirth of nature” and wash away the past.
Pre-concert Festivities from 7–8 p.m. include: Haft Sîn Display and Traditional Musicians and Dancers from the Lernazang Ensemble.
Artists
Carl St.Clair, conductor
Kaykhosro Pournazeri, tanbour
Tahmoures Pournazeri, tanbour & tar
Sohrab Pournazeri, tanbour & kamancheh
Sepehr Ramin, tanbour
Kimia Jamshid, tanbour
Donya Kamali, tanbour & vocalist
Aliar Ghasser, tanbour & bass tar
Hamid Khansari, oud
Farzin Keshavarz, santour
Shahab Paranj, tombak & kuzeh
Hussein Zahawy, daf & dohol
Negar Ezazi, daf & bendir
Tina Jamegarmi, violin
Sahar Boroujerdi, vocalist
Pacific Symphony
Program
ANTONIN DVORÁK: Carnival Overture, Op.92
KAYKHOSRO POURNAZERI: Afsaneh-e-Tanbour (The Legend of Tanbour)
Arrangement: Bardia Kiaras
Shams Tanbour Ensemble
TRADITIONAL: Shirin (Iranian Kurdish Music)
Arrangement: Tahmoures Pournazeri
Donya Kamali
TAHMOURES POURNAZERI: Story of an Iranian Girl
Arrangement: Tina Jamegarmi
Tina Jamegarmi
SOHRAB POURNAZERI: I Miss You (Delam Gerefte Barayat)
Poem: Hossein Monzavi
Sahar Boroujerdi
TAHMOURES POURNAZERI: One Thousand and One Nights
Arrangement: Bardia Kiaras
Tahmoures Pournazeri
- INTERMISSION ~
Tanbour Solo
Sohrab Pournazeri
Shams Tanbour Ensemble
TAHMOURES POURNAZERI: Sareban
Poem: Molana (Rumi)
Sahar Boroujerdi
KAYKHOSRO POURNAZERI: Yawaran
Poem: Hayran Ali Shah
Donya Kamali
SOHRAB POURNAZERI: Shive Gary
Poem: Molana (Rumi)
Sahar Boroujerdi
TRADITIONAL: Libly Guli
Arrangement: Sohrab Pournazeri
Donya Kamali
TAHMOURES POURNAZERI: I We You
Donya Kamali
SOHRAB POURNAZERI: Iran
Poem: Pooria Soori
ROUHOLLAH KHALEGHI: Ey Iran
Poem: Hossein Golegolab
Arrangement: Arash Salamie
Sahar Boroujerdi
Upcoming Dates & Times
March 29, 2025 | 8:00 PM
Upcoming Dates & Times
March 29, 2025 | 8:00 PM
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