Nowruz 2026 Celebration at Jamboree With Peyman Heydarian & friends

Early happy Nowruz / Newroz / Novruz and spring equinox to all.

You are cordially invited to a musical celebration of Nowruz, organised by The Voice of Santur, featuring Persian, Kurdish and Azarbaijani music.

Performers:

Peyman Heydarian [band leader, santur, daf, dohol]

Sulaiman Haqpana [tabla]

Aram Taha [guitar, voice]

Erim [zorna]

And guest musicians

Date: Sunday 29 March 2026

Time: Concert starts at 8.30pm, doors open from 8pm

Venue: 6 St Chad's Pl, London WC1X 9HH

(Nearest tube station: King’s Cross)

Jamboree is an intimate bar venue with only a small number of seats, so, early arrival is recommended for those who prefer to sit. All ages are welcome (under 18s must be accompanied by an adult)

Jamboree food option: ‘Zer’ kitchen is open from 5pm serving delicious Middle Eastern fusion food for you to enjoy a pre-gig meal/snack if you wish!

Tickets: £25 Full / £15 Concs / £10 students

Website: www.thesantur.com

FB: https://fb.me/e/9TEYY1Ldj

Music classes

Book for santur/ daf lessons via email: [email protected]

You are welcome to listen to samples of the past events

BBC Radio 3's Music Planet featuring The Voice of Santur: https://soundcloud.com/santurista/peyman-heydarian-shur-e-simin-in-bakhtiary-tx-06-06-2020

Zorna, dohol and daf from a previous Nowruz event:
https://www.facebook.com/santurista/videos/345756967487739
https://www.facebook.com/santurista/videos/394796125367963

https://www.facebook.com/santurista/videos/1987205638154960

Our recent collaboration with London Symphony Orchestra and Chinese composers “Sumeru symphony”:

Kurdish piece Kabuki and improvisations: https://fb.watch/qofcY3353D/

“Morghe Sahar” (tr. The dawn bird): https://soundcloud.com/santurista/031-morghe-sahar-instrumental

Persian and Scottish music “Earl Of Jura and deylaman”: https://soundcloud.com/santurista/earl-of-jura-and-deylamanwav

A musical journey from Kurdistan to Scotland:
https://soundcloud.com/santurista/05-from-kurdistan-to-scotland

Kudish song “aman hey aman”:

Acemlar, Persian pieces of Ottoman court:

Armenian song “khio khio”:
https://soundcloud.com/santurista/khio-khio-khaneh-khaneh

See our website for further details and updates.

Hope to see you soon!

With Best Wishes,

The Voice of Santur

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About Nowruz

Nowruz / Newroz / Novruz (tr. New day) is the Persian, Kurdish and Azari new year. The new year's eve falls on Friday 20 March 2026 at 2.45pm. Nowruz is the first day of spring and is celebrated and observed by Iranian peoples and the related cultural continent and is celebrated in several other parts of the world, including parts of Central Asia, Caucasus, South Asia, Northwestern China, the Crimea and by some groups in the Balkans. Iranians make a special Nowruz table and get together, give gifts to each other and celebrate Nowruz until the 13th and last day of Nowruz, when everyone goes out for picnics. In 2010 the UN General Assembly recognised the International Day of Nowruz, describing it a spring festival of Persian origin which has been celebrated for over 3,000 years. Originally being a Zoroastrian festival, and the holiest of them all, Nowruz is believed to have been invented by Zoroaster himself. Since the Achaemenid era the official year has begun with the New Day when the Sun leaves the zodiac of Pisces and enters the zodiacal sign of Aries, signifying the Spring Equinox. The term Nowruz first appeared in writing in Persian records in the 2nd century AD, but it was also an important day during the time of the Achaemenids (c. 548–330 BC), where kings from different nations under the Persian empire used to bring gifts to the King of Kings on Nowruz.

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