Fajr International Music Festival
Fajr International Music Festival (Persian: جشنوارهٔ  موسیقی فجر) is Iran's most prestigious Music Festival founded in 1986. The festival is affiliated with UNESCO and includes national and international competition sections. 
Since its establishment, many musicians from several countries like Austria, Germany, France participated in the event. The festival have enjoyed a strong presence of Asian countries as well.
The 22nd Fajr International Music Festival was held in January 2007. The annual event was attended by 1,200 domestic and foreign artists performing different pieces in various categories International and Folk Music, Classical Music and Youth and Women Music. A total of 126 performances were made during the 10-day festival.
== 27th Festival ==
=== Winners of Music Composition Section ===
Leyli Mohammad Nosrati for Suite Symphony
Hamid Moradian for Mooye Kamancheh
=== Winners of Choir Competitive Section ===
Damour Vocal Band Led by Faraz Khosravi Danesh
Avaye Mahan Group Led by Nima Fatehi
Samat Group Led by Azadeh Azimi
== 24th Festival: Dec, 2008, Tehran Iran ==
=== Winners of Music Composition Section ===
Nima Hamidi for String Quartet No.1 Obur
Amir-Sadeq Kanjani for Iranian,
Afarin Mansouri for Fallen Soldier
Saman Samadi for Night Broker,
Sara Lesan for Motion Continues,
Amir-Bahador Sadafian for Mr. Winter Died.
== 21st Festival ==
=== Plaques of honor ===
Mahmud Farahmand
Yusef Purya
Khosro Rahimian, and violist
Fereidun Zarrinbal
Yusef Ashrafi
Maziar Heidari
Shahram Tavakkoli
=== Golden Chang ===
Herbert Karimi-Masihi
Morris Erisco
== 16th Festival ==
=== Golden Chang ===
Loris Tjeknavorian
== 13st Festival ==
=== Winners of Music Composition Section ===
Shahram Mazloumi
Mehdi Bozorgmehr
Amir Moeeni and Mitra Basiri
== 10th Festival ==
=== Plaques of honor ===
Parichehr Khajeh
Sara Tavasoli
Nakisa Karimian
Farangis Moussavi
Mahsa Ghassemi
== 9th Festival ==
=== Golden Chang ===
Sina Sarlak
== 8th Festival ==
=== Golden Chang ===
Bahram Osqueezadeh
Bardia Sadeghi
Reza Sadeghi (Santoor)
National Festival of Youth Music
Fajr International Film Festival

== External links ==
Fajr International Music and Arts Festival official website
Iranian Concert Tickets Website