INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Khorasan, and Alborz entertained the crowd with their distinctive folk and local music in a non-competitive festival, the report
Gorgan, reportedly due to a lack of technical infrastructure at the central hall of the city that was supposed to accommodate the
participating musicians.During the closing ceremony of the previous edition of the festival, officials from the Golestan province declared
their readiness to permanently host the festival in the northern region.The 15th festival concluded with the introduction of the Lotfi Medal
by the organizers.The medal is named after Mohammadreza Lotfi, the late master of stringed Iranian instruments and composer, who worked with
the previous year, the festival welcomed four musical groups from Turkey, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Afghanistan alongside various
Music Festival at Varna Hall in Gonbad-e Kavus, on June 29, 2023.ABU/
