Haft-Sin table for Nowruz

Nowruz: The Concert - Return of the Masters

March 29, 2025 | 8:00 PM

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
TRADITIONALShirin (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
TRADITIONALLibly 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

Nowruz dancers in the concert hall lobby

Upcoming Dates & Times

March 29, 2025 | 8:00 PM

Upcoming Dates & Times

Artists

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Carl St.Clair

Carl St.Clair

Conductor

Kaykhosro Pournazeri

Kaykhosro Pournazeri

Tahmoures Pournazeri

Tahmoures Pournazeri

Sohrab Pournazeri

Sohrab Pournazeri

Sahar Boroujerdi

Sahar Boroujerdi

Vocalist

Donya Kamali

Donya Kamali

Vocalist

Tina Jamegarmi

Tina Jamegarmi

vocalist

Pacific Symphony

Pacific Symphony

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