Past events

What has taken place, the most recent first: reports, results, photos and videos.

2025

September 11 – 12, 2025
9th Kohan Avaha-ye Tanbur and Kurdish Music Festival (2025)
Kohan Avaha-ye Tanbur Festival · edition 9
The 9th festival, held on 11–12 September 2025 at Khaneh-ye Tanbur in Banzelan (Dalahu), with a live final in maqam, improvisation and ensemble sections and a meeting with Kayhan Kalhor.
Khaneh-ye Tanbur (House of the Tanbur)

2024

September 19 – 21, 2024
8th Kohan Avaha-ye Tanbur and Kurdish Music Festival (2024)
Kohan Avaha-ye Tanbur Festival · edition 8
The 8th festival, held on 19–20 September 2024 at Khaneh-ye Tanbur in Banzelan (Dalahu): 100 entries, a live final and a workshop by Ardeshir Kamkar.
Khaneh-ye Tanbur (House of the Tanbur)

2023

September 28 – 29, 2023
7th Kohan Avaha-ye Tanbur and Kurdish Music Festival (2023)
Kohan Avaha-ye Tanbur Festival · edition 7
The 7th festival, held on 28–29 September 2023 at Khaneh-ye Tanbur in Banzelan (Dalahu), with a live final for 39 finalists in maqam singing and playing and tanbur improvisation.
Khaneh-ye Tanbur (House of the Tanbur)

2022

September 12, 2022
6th Kohan Avaha-ye Tanbur and Kurdish Music Festival (2022)
Kohan Avaha-ye Tanbur Festival · edition 6
The 6th edition (2022) named 54 finalists from video entries, but its in-person final at Khaneh-ye Tanbur on 29–30 September 2022 could not be held; the finalists’ recordings were to be re-judged.
Khaneh-ye Tanbur (House of the Tanbur)

2021

July 26, 2021
5th Kohan Avaha-ye Tanbur and Kurdish Music Festival (2021)
Kohan Avaha-ye Tanbur Festival · edition 5
Held online because of COVID-19, the 5th edition (July 2021) was judged from submitted videos; instead of a closing ceremony, winners were invited to Khaneh-ye Tanbur to collect their prizes.
Khaneh-ye Tanbur (House of the Tanbur)

2020

August 8, 2020
4th Kohan Avaha-ye Tanbur and Kurdish Regional Music Festival (2020)
Kohan Avaha-ye Tanbur Festival · edition 4
Held without an in-person stage because of COVID-19, the 4th edition (August 2020) chose its winners in tanbur, Kurdish wind instruments and Kurdish singing from submitted videos alone.
Khaneh-ye Tanbur (House of the Tanbur)

2019

August 22 – 23, 2019
3rd Kohan Avaha-ye Tanbur and Kurdish Regional Music Festival (2019)
Kohan Avaha-ye Tanbur Festival · edition 3
Live competition of tanbur soloists, maqam singers, Kurdish wind players and twelve ensembles from ten provinces, 22–23 August 2019, Khaneh-ye Tanbur, Banzelan (Dalahu).
Khaneh-ye Tanbur (House of the Tanbur)

2018

August 31 – September 1, 2018
2nd Kohan Avaha-ye Tanbur and Kurdish Regional Music Festival (2018)
Kohan Avaha-ye Tanbur Festival · edition 2
The 2nd edition at Khaneh-ye Tanbur in Banzelan (31 August – 1 September 2018), with tanbur solo in four age groups, maqam singing, Kurdish instruments and hureh, and ensembles.
Khaneh-ye Tanbur (House of the Tanbur)

2017

September 11 – 12, 2017
1st Kohan Avaha-ye Tanbur Festival (2017)
Kohan Avaha-ye Tanbur Festival · edition 1
The 1st regional Kohan Avaha-ye Tanbur Festival, 11–12 September 2017, Khaneh-ye Tanbur, Banzelan (Dalahu): call for entries, programme, finalists, winners, closing ceremony and press coverage.
Khaneh-ye Tanbur (House of the Tanbur)