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Nour ensemble is an Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

ian music ensemble under the leadership of renowned Iranian composer Christophe Rezai.

The ensemble was founded in 2000 and is composed of nine artists, French and Persian
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

, singers and instrumentalists. The group mission is to combine the Iranian musical tradition and European musical tradition and to reinterpret traditional Persian, Kurdish and European repertoire.

The group's first album, ALBA was recorded in Firouzabad Palace. The group has performed numerous concerts throughout the world and its performance got critical feedbacks. The group performance in Vahdat Hall (2007) has been considered as one the best Iranian-Western fusion music works ever.
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