Iran folk music to enthrall Hanoi audience

The five-member group will hold their debut concert in Hanoi at 8pm on September 25 at the Hanoi Opera House.

They will also perform at the Hanoi-based University of Social Sciences and Humanities at 4.30pm on September 26; and the Vietnam National Academy of Music at 8 pm on September 27.

While the debut concert is by invitation only, the two following shows are open free to the public.

Founded in 1994, the group has performed in Germany, the Netherlands and France. They play a variety of instruments including the tar (Persian long-neck, waisted string instrument), the kamancheh (Persian bowed string instrument), the tanbur (pear-shaped, long-necked string instrument), the tonbak (Persian goblet drum), the daf (Persian frame drum), and the santur (Iranian dulcimer).