Tehran Opens New Music House as Hub for Research

Date: 06 February 2026 - 23:12

News ID: ۱۴۸۳۵۹

TEHRAN -- Tehran’s new
Music House has officially opened in the Abbasabad Cultural and Tourism Area, marking a significant addition to the city’s cultural infrastructure.
Designed and constructed across five floors with a total area of more than 3,500 square meters, the complex is located in the Art Garden Pavilion (Koushk-e Bagh-e Honar) and is intended to serve as a permanent hub for Iranian music.
According to ISNA, the opening ceremony took place on Tuesday and was attended by prominent figures from Iran’s cultural and artistic community, including Hesameddin Seraj, Fazel Jamshidi, Babak Rezaei, Mehdi Shafiei (Deputy for Artistic Affairs at the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance), Muhammad Hussein Hejazi (CEO of the Abbas Abad Cultural Area), Muhammad Bagher Aalami, Muhammad Ali Moradi, Arash Amini, and several musicians, researchers, and visual artists.
Speaking at the ceremony, Hejazi described music as one of Iran’s core cultural and identity-forming treasures. He emphasized that Iranian music—whether classical or regional—has long narrated the spiritual, social, and everyday life of its people. From instruments such as the dotar and tanbur to the sorna and dohol, he noted, regional musical traditions reflect the historical memory and lived experience of diverse Iranian communities.
Hejazi explained that the mission of Tehran’s Music House is to preserve and safeguard Iran’s intangible musical heritage—an inheritance transmitted orally across generations—while creating a space where artists and researchers can engage with it critically and creatively.
“Today, we hand over the key of this house to musicians,” he said, stressing that the center belongs to all Iranian artists, not to any specific group or institution.
Shafiei welcomed the opening as a sign of the growing role of art within urban management, noting that once essential urban needs are met, culture and the arts become a true marker of a developed city.
The ceremony also featured reflections by artist and researcher Iraj Naeimaei, who highlighted the deep connections between music, literature, spirituality, and meaning in Iranian culture. He underscored the importance of musical literacy and attentive listening as foundations for truly understanding both Iranian and global musical traditions.