Aga Khan Int'l Foundation Confers Honorary Award On Iranian Singer

Aga Khan International Foundation has granted the honorary award of music to acclaimed Iranian singer Mohammad-Reza Shajarin at Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon

LONDON, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 1st Apr, 2019 ) :Aga Khan International Foundation has granted the honorary award of music to acclaimed Iranian singer Mohammad-Reza Shajarin at Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon.

Mozhgan Shajarian, the daughter of the singer, received the award at a ceremony also attended by Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and Minister of Culture Graa Fonseca.

The Portuguese President described music as a suitable way for humane globalization and maintaining relations among people and civilizations.

The Aga Khan Music Awards were created to recognize and support exceptional talent, creativity, promise, and enterprise in music performance, creation, education, preservation, and revitalization in societies across the world in which Muslims have a significant presence.

Shajarian's award has been the most prestigious award of Aga Khan Foundation which is granted to influential music figures in the world.

The event was attended by 14 artists among whom were Shahou Andalibi in Ney, Arash Mohafez in Santoor and Reza Parviz Zadeh in Kamancheh.

Mohammad-Reza Shajarian is an internationally and critically acclaimed Iranian classical singer, composer and master of Persian traditional music.

He has been called 'Iran's greatest living maestro of Persian classical music.' Shajarian is also known for his skills in Persian calligraphy, and humanitarian activities.