{"id":19559,"date":"2015-11-29T22:06:39","date_gmt":"2015-11-29T22:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/statements\/women\/19559-iran-concert-cancelled-over-female-musicians"},"modified":"2023-01-15T21:51:30","modified_gmt":"2023-01-15T20:51:30","slug":"iran-concert-cancelled-over-female-musicians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/women\/iran-concert-cancelled-over-female-musicians\/","title":{"rendered":"IRAN: Concert cancelled over female musicians"},"content":{"rendered":"<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-41765\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/05\/concert-yazd.jpg\" alt=\"concert-yazd\" class=\"caption\" title=\"Plainclothes agents from the Iranian regime&#039;s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) and members of Basij para-military forces raided a music concert hall in the city of Yazd in May 2014.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n<p>The Iranian regime authorities has cancelled a major performance by the Tehran Symphony Orchestra at the last minute because it was due to feature female musicians.<\/p>\n<p>The Tehran Symphony Orchestra conductor was informed of cancellation 15 minutes before the orchestra was scheduled to play at a major sporting event that they could not.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s absolutely impossible for women to play musical instruments on stage,\u201d the conductor quoted organisers of the ceremony as saying.<\/p>\n<p>The Iranian regime has banned from singing solo in public since its inception in 1979, and female Iranian musicians have repeatedly been stopped from performing.<\/p>\n<p>Many performers in Iran&#8217;s orchestra have migrated abroad and now are playing for foreign orchestras.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Iranian regime authorities has cancelled a major performance by the Tehran Symphony Orchestra at the last minute because it was due to feature female musicians. 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