Jury members of Barbad Prize announced

The jury members of Barbad Prize in different sections of the 35th Fajr Music Festival have been named.

The jury members will judge in Fusion, Instrumental Iranian, Contemporary Iranian, Pop and Classic sections.

Barbad Prize is awarded to the best albums produced during the past year and is presented at the end of the Festival.

Fajr International Music Festival is Iran’s most prestigious Music Festival, founded in 1986.

Since then, the festival has enjoyed strong performances of many famous national and international artists.

The 2017 edition of the event is chaired by Iranian musician and traditional vocalist Hamid-Reza Nourbakhsh, who is also the current director of Iran’s House of Music.

The festival is a platform to introduce and create awareness about less-known musicians, Nourbakhsh said earlier about the event.

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