Accompanied by symposia and debates, the festival program included music, dance, drama and film, performed in a variety of locations in Shiraz and surrounding areas. The venues included the ruins of
Persepolis (ceremonial capital of ancient Persia),
Naqsh-e Rostam,
Hafeziyeh,
Bagh-e Delgosha,
Narenjestan,
Bazaar-e Vakil, Jahan-Nama Garden,
Saray-e Moshir and a concert hall on the
Shiraz University campus.
Theatre In theatre,
Jerzy Grotowski,
Peter Brook,
Tadeusz Kantor,
Arby Ovanessian,
Bijan Mofid,
Davoud Rashidi,
Peter Schumann,
Parviz Sayyad,
Andrei Șerban,
Robert Wilson,
Shūji Terayama,
Andre Gregory,
Ali Nassirian,
Víctor Garcia,
Joseph Chaikin, and
Esma'il Khalaj. In this field, traditional plays such as
ta'ziyehs (passion plays) from Iran directed by actor, director and theatre researcher
Mohammad B. Ghaffari,
Kathakali from India, and
Noh from Japan, as well as
Robert Serumaga with the
National Theatre of Uganda,
Duro Ladipo & the
National Theatre of Nigeria, and
Pabuji Ki Phad from India were presented, amongst many others .
Music In music, Iran's traditional musicians were presented, amongst them
Hassan Kassai,
Jalil Shahnaz,
Ahmad Ebadi,
Faramarz Payvar,
Ali-Asghar Bahari,
Hossein Tehrani, Hossein Qavami and
Abdolvahab Shahidi. The young masters included
Hossein Alizadeh,
Dariush Talai,
Mohammad-Reza Lotfi,
Majid Kiani,
Mohammad-Reza Shajarian,
Parisa and
Noureddin Razavi-Sarvestani. Indian classical musicians who appeared were
Vilayat Khan,
Bismillah Khan,
Sharan Rani,
Pran Nath,
S. Balachander,
Ravi Shankar,
Ram Narayan,
Chaurasia and
Dagar. Traditional non-Western music, some including dance, were presented from
Afghanistan,
Algeria,
Bhutan,
China,
Egypt,
Indonesia, Iraq, Japan, S, Korea, Morocco, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Senegal, Tunisia, Turkey, Vietnam.
Western music In the field of Western music
Yehudi Menuhin,
Christian Ferras,
Martha Argerich,
Arthur Rubinstein and
Yvonne Loriod appeared in concert or recital . The National Iranian Radio & Television Chamber Orchestra was a regular. Other participants in this field from Iran were
Morteza Hannaneh, and the
Tehran Symphony Orchestra. From the West,
Gilbert Amy led the Orchestre du Domaine Musical,
Bruno Maderna conducted the ORTF Orchestra as well as the Hague Residence Orchestra,
Iannis Xenakis created "Persephassa" and "Persepolis",
Bruno Maderna created "Ausstrahlung" based on Persian texts,
Karlheinz Stockhausen was prominently featured one year,
Krzysztof Penderecki led the Polish National Radio Symphony,
Cathy Berberian, the
London Sinfonietta, the
Melos Ensemble,
Morton Feldman & the Creative Associates appeared as well as
John Cage, the
Juilliard String Quartet, the
American Brass Quintet,
Max Roach Quintet performing together with
Abbey Lincoln and the
Staple Singers, amongst others.
Closure The twelfth festival was cancelled at the onset of the
Islamic Revolution in 1978 out of concern for the safety of the performers. ==Gallery==