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There appeared to be a little naming problem with this week’s Pacific Symphony programs. They are part of the orchestra’s annual American Composers Festival and yet dedicated to the theme of Nowruz, ...

"The Camel Bell" is Reza Vali's fourth commission from the PSO. Reza Vali was born in Iran, has lived most his life in the West, and has seen his works performed on five continents. So the ...

Mezzo-soprano Raeeka Shehabi-Yaghmai Ran on: 03-17-2008 Pianist Tara Kamangar, left, was the soloist on a piano concerto, while mezzo-soprano Raeeka Shehabi-Yaghmai sang adapted Persian folk songs.

It’s been said that reading a poem in translation is a bit like kissing a bride through a veil. Yet what a veil Kaija Saariaho has given us in her exquisitely drawn “Circle Map,” a new work for ...

This year, the 11th American Composers Festival takes a cue from the country’s multicultural identity and embraces the Persian-American musical landscape. The festival, a Pacific Symphony tradition ...

Key Chorale is providing Sarasota music lovers a chance to experience something new and old simultaneously with the Feb. 10 U.S. premiere of Farhad Poupel’s “The Legend of Bijan and Manijeh.” The ...

Carl St.Clair, the music director and principal conductor of Orange Country’s Pacific Symphony, was a bit taken aback at one of the programming choices for the 2012 edition of the organization’s ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Pacific Symphony, in its ongoing quest to present a broad array of musical ...