Special Guests
Afsaneh Zamani
Director
Ali Ansari
Conference Chair, Scholar
Ali Massoudi
Percussion, Vocal
Ali Orangi
Daf, Percussive Instruments, Handpan
Alireza Sanaei
Guitar
Arash Safavi
Curator
Aref Mohammadi
Guest Speaker, Film Critic, Documentarian
Arsalan Kahnemayipour
Moderator, Scholar
Assad Moznabi
Author
Azadeh Momeni
Scholar
Azita Zarei
Vocalist
Bamdad Fotouhi
Tombak, Daf, Percussive Instruments
Banafsheh Taherian
Narrator, Artistic Director
Baran
Vocalist
Behfar Bahadoran
Tar, Setar, Tanbour
Behnoosh Behnamnia
Kamancheh, Violin, Composer
Carlisle Robinson
Workshop Instructor
Darya Dadvar
Vocalist, musician
Ebrin Bagheri
Visual Artist
Edward Wastnidge
Scholar
Farhad Vatandoost
Calligrapher
Fariba Bashiri
Scholar, Author
Fariba Davody
Vocalist
Farzin Vahdat
Scholar
Fatima Bahadori
Daf
Fereshteh Ahmadi
Writer, Literary Critic, Editor
Firouzeh Kashani-Sabet
Scholar
Ghazaleh Rastgar
Visual Artist
Golnesa Amani
Workshop Instructor
Hamed Bolandhemmat
Dotar, Ghoshme, Neyanban
Hani Niroo
Vocal, Guitar
Heidi Chan
Flute, Shinobu
Homa Samiei
Piano
Hooman Tootoonchian
Percussive Instruments
Houchang Esfandiar Chehabi
Scholar
Illara
Vocal
Kayhan Kalhor
Virtuoso Kamancheh Player
Khatereh Sheibani
Moderator, Scholar, Curator
Kouhyar Babaeian
Tar
Kourosh Babaei
Kamancheh
Ladan Boroumand
Scholar
Laleh Rasaee
Calligrapher
Leila Amir Arjomand
Honorary Chair
Mabelle Rutledge
Workshop Instructor
Mahdi Ganjavi
Scholar, Author
Majd Sekkar
Clarinet
Mary Apick
Guest Speaker, Actress
Maryam Hafizirad
Visual Artist
Marzieh Rahimzadeh
Santour
Matin Kakavand
Workshop Instructor
Mehdi Farahani
Scholar, Musician, Author
Mehran Aminian
Vocalist/ Composer/ Lyricist
Mehrdad Teymoori
Flute, Xylophone
Mehrnaz Saeed Vafa
Guest Speaker, Scholar, Filmmaker
Mehrsa Rahnama
Actor, Sound and Music Designer
Melanie Erin
Singer
Melika Saeeda
Visual Artist
Milad Bagheri
Vocalist
Mina Kia
Daf
Mina Zaghari
Performer
Mitra Kiaee
Story Teller
Mohammad Tabesh
Multidisciplinary Artist
Mona Moradi
Percussionist
Mostafa Heravi
Director
Nafiseh Saadati
Workshop Instructor
Nayereh Tohidi
Scholar
Negar Mojtahedi
Director
Nima Haghighi
Cello, Bass Guitar
Nima Naghibi
Moderator, Scholar
Nima Safaei
Santour
Nishat Khair
Vocal
Nour
Percussion
Ooldouz Pouri
Vocal
Padideh Ahrarnejad
Tar Player
Parsia Mohamad Shahi
Piano, Tar
Parviz Sayyad
Director, Actor
Pejman Akbarzadeh
Director
Pejman Hadadi
Tombak, Daf, Percussive Instruments
Ramin Jahanbegloo
Conference Chair, Scholar
Rastak Ensemble
Reza Manbachi
Tar, Setar, Deltar
Roya Ebrahimi
Poet
Saba Yousefi
Violin
Sadaf Khajeh
Workshop Instructor
Sahar Dehghan
Dancer
Sanaz Ariannejad
Yoga Instructor
Sanaz Nakhjavani
Qanun, Piano
Selcuk Suna
Clarinet & Tenor Saxophone
Shabnam Farshadjoo
Workshop Instructor
Shabnam Tolouei
Actress
Shahrokh Moshkin Ghalam
Actor, Dancer, Choreographer, Director
Shirin Shahbazi
Workshop Instructor
Siavash Haghighi
Garmon
Tanya Bayrami
Workshop Instructor
Tarek Ghriri
Guitar
Touraj Atabaki
Scholar
Victoria Tahmasebi
Moderator, Scholar
Yasaman Mehrsa
Visual Artist
Zohreh Shahbazy
Daf
