RadioSimorgh Authentic Iranian music

Persian classical music requires different listening frameworks than Western musical traditions, and RadioSimorgh operates with the understanding that audiences come to the station already familiar with those frameworks or genuinely interested in learning them. Programming emphasizes traditional Persian classical instruments like the oud, tar, ney, and santur, performed by musicians trained in classical methods that prioritize improvisation within structural parameters rather than Western notational conventions. The station features canonical masters of the tradition alongside contemporary per…