13th National Festival of Youth Music

  • Violin and Violas players from all over the country were the main performers of the 13th National Festival of Youth Music on its 23th day. Tehran's Roudaki Hall played host to the program.

  • Setar players performed live on the 19th day of the 13th edition of National Festival of Youth Music in Roudaki Hall. The Setar is an Iranian musical instrument. It is a member of the lute family, which is played with the index finger of the right hand.

  • The 17th day of the 13th National Festival of Youth Music saw a Tonbak performance by young Iranian artists at the Roudaki Hall in Tehran. Tonbak, the Persian goblet drum, is considered the principal percussion instrument of Persian music.

  • Young and aspiring Daf players gave performance at the Roudaki Hall in Tehran, during the 13th National Festival of Youth Music. The Daf is a large Persian and Arabic frame drum used in popular and classical music. The frame is usually made of hardwood with many metal ringlets attached, and the membrane is usually fish skin but other skin types such as the cow, goat, and horse are used. The Daf is mostly used in Iran, Arab world, Indian subcontinent, Kurdistan, and Central Asia, and usually accompanies singers and players of the Tanbur, Violin, Oud, and other Middle Eastern instruments.

  • The fourteenth day of the 13th National Festival of Youth Music saw the Oud performance by young Iranian artists in the Tehran's Roudaki Hall. The Oud is a short-neck lute-type, pear-shaped stringed instrument with 11 or 13 strings grouped in 5 or 6 courses, commonly used predominantly in the music of the Western Asia and North Africa.

  • Ney players performed for the jury members on the 13th National Festival of Youth Music in the Tehran's Roudaki Hall. The Ney is an end-blown flute that figures prominently in Middle Eastern music.