Music Projects

The festival was held by the participation of different groups of Daf players throughout Iran and some bands from Kurdistan of Iraq and Afghanistan in two ranges of adults and adolescents from 23rd to 25th July 2022, in the Cinema Bahman of Sanandaj. The festival’s referees included five masters of music in Iran, Bizhan Kamkar, […]

World Music Day 2022 in Sanandaj, the creative city of music in UNESCO, has been celebrated.   The event was held by the cooperation of governmental, public, and social sectors. Barin Music Institute’s, music teachers and students of vilon played various international famouse of music tracks. The students of vilon along with their parents participated […]

The Sanandaj Day celebration was held in the presence of citizens, artists, musicians and civic organizations. This day, the occasion of the establishment of the city of Sanandaj in 1046 AH by the order of Suleiman Khan Ardalan has been registered in the cultural and artistic calendar of the city of Sanandaj. Every year, this […]

The conference was attended by university professors, researchers, government officials and private sector organizations in the field of tourism.   The main topics of the conference were sustainable development and tourism, cultural tourism, art and tourism, education and tourism, economy and tourism. The two-day conference, held on March 9th and 10th, included various panels as […]

In order to celebrate Nowruz and in order to register Sanandaj as the Nowruz capital of the world, various ceremonies will be held during Nowruz. Also, holding this festival internationally is in line with the events of the Creative Cities Network program, so that a significant number of stakeholders, including artists, private institutions, and the […]

 Awyar International Solo Festival was organized by Sanandaj musicians matching with the programs of the creative city and the goals of the creative city with the aim of participation of all stakeholders. After a long period of effort and numerous planning meetings and the formation of executive and scientific committees, the call for the festival […]

Sanandaj Municipality and The creative city secretariat of Sanandaj organized the Awyar Festival an international music festival for the first time. Soloists throughout the world particularly soloists from the creative city network are invited to participate in the festival online (because of the pandemic). The festival will be held seasonally and a specific musical instrument […]

Research Contract between the City Council of Sanandaj and University of Kurdistan A research contract has been signed between the Studies and Research Department of the City Council of Sanandaj and the Research Deputy of University of Kurdistan; this contract is about the Strategic plan of tourism development of sanandaj as a creative city. The contract […]

Unveiling of the largest urban sculpture in Sanandaj Iran Sanandaj is the cradle of art and creativity. Famous international sculptors and designers such as Mehdi Ziaedini Fardin Sadeghayoubi and Saber Mikaeili are from this city. By employing their artistic taste and talent they made Sanandaj a special city and also by encouraging young artists they […]