Description
Mehrnam Rastegari is a prominent Iranian Kamancheh player and award winning film composer who routinely performs on prestigious stages worldwide. She moved from Iran to New York City in 2022 and immediately started collaborating with local artists from many backgrounds. Rastegari then formed a music group of New York locals which features traditional Iranian instruments kamancheh, qanoun, daf and vocals. The group performs music from different regions in Iran sharing cultural diversity in style, language, music and dance. In the spirit of the brave women in Iran, Mehrnam Rastegari echoes the slogan “Women Life Freedom” and will feature music from Iranian women musicians who have been censored in Iran for many years.
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