25 YEARS: Classical Music Daily celebrates twenty-five years of daily publication with an hour-long video featuring some of our regular contributors.
VIDEO PODCAST: Slava Ukraini! - recorded on the day Europe woke up to the news that Vladimir Putin's Russian forces had invaded Ukraine. Also features Caitríona O'Leary and Eric Fraad discussing their new film Island of Saints, and pays tribute to Joseph Horovitz, Malcolm Troup and Maria Nockin.
Iranian-Danish composer Amir Mahyar Tafreshipour was born in 1974. He studied at Trinity College of Music in London, UK.
His Harp Concerto (2005) was commisioned by the BBC and broadcast on BBC Radio 3.
His first opera, The Doll behind the Curtain, based on a short story by Iranian writer Sadeq Hedayat, was first performed at King's Place in London in 2015.
Tafreshipour's music has been included on various CDs, including a CD of his music, Persian Echoes, which is available on the Naxos label.
Further information: tafreshipour.com
Echoes of Oblivion by Robert McCarney - Selling like hot cakes ... maybe, hopefully