Prayer Times Noon:13:01 Evening: 20:21 Dawn: 4:22 (tomorrow) Sunrise: 6:00 (tomorrow) MAY 14, 2019 ART&CULTURE I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y www.tehrantimes.com Managing Director: Ali Asgari Editor-in-Chief: Mohammad Ghaderi Iranian pop star Behnam Safavi Editorial Dept.: Fax: (+98 21) 88808214 — 88808895 [email protected] Switchboard Operator: Tel: (+98 21) 43051000 Advertisements Dept.: Telefax: (+98 21) 43051450 Public Relations Office: Tel: (+98 21) 88805807 dies of cancer complications at 36 Subscription & Distribution Dept.: Tel: (+98 21) 43051603 www.eshterak.ir Distributor: Padideh Novin Co. Tel: 88911433 ARTTEHRAN – Iranian Webmaster: [email protected] deskpop star Behnam Safavi Printed at: Hamshahri No. 3(Rooztab) - ISSN: 1017-94 died on Monday at the age of 36 after a nearly four-year battle with brain cancer. Tehrantimes79 Tehrantimesdaily “’s polite boy of music, the crea- tor of the albums ‘Be My Love’, ‘Calm’, No. 18, Bimeh Alley, Nejatollahi St., , Iran ‘Extraordinary’ and ‘The Miracle’ rested P.o. Box: 14155-4843 in a perfect peace forever in Isfahan Zip Code: 1599814713 a few minutes ago,” his publicist Reza Foadian said in a post published on his Instagram at 10:40 am. He stayed in the Milad Hospital of the central Iranian city after he went into a coma in January 2019. Safavi underwent successful surgery in July 2015 at Tehran’s Erfan Hospital to remove a small tumor from his brain. In early October of the same year, he GUIDE TO announced his plan to perform a con- SPIRITUAL AWAKENING cert to raise his spirits sufficiently to allow him to continue chemotherapy Losing an opportunity produces grief. treatments. Imam Ali (AS) His medical team permitted him to perform the concert on October 9 at Teh- ran’s while sitting in a chair. In June 2017, he announced that he was preparing to have a new operation Conference on , at a German hospital as the tumor re- crudesced. Silk Road opens in After a successful operation performed by Professor Majid Samii and his team ARTTEHRAN – An international conference in a Hanover hospital in July, Safavi desklinking together the Shahnameh, the epic returned to pursue medical treatment masterpiece of the Persian poet , and the Silk Road in his homeland. opened in the northeastern Iranian city of Mashhad on However, in early January 2019, he Iranian pop singer Behnam Safavi performs at Tehran’s Milad Tower on October 9, 2015. (Honaronline/Farzan Qasemi) Monday. went into a coma. His fellow pop singer several joint concerts in Tehran to sym- was released in October 2009 and a song Two years later, he released his second Sirvan Khosravi along with his brother pathize with Safavi’s family. by the same name from the collection album, “Calm”, which earned him a firm Xaniar and Shahab Ramezan performed Safavi’s debut album, “Be My Love”, soon became a smash hit at that time. place in the arena.

Ronak to perform at Asian Paris Revelations to display works by Culture Carnival Iranian artists

A poster for the international conference on the Shahnameh and the Silk Road. A number of Iranian and foreign experts on the Shahnameh are attending the conference. “The lands the Shahnameh talks about are where the route of the Silk Road connects East and West,” director of the conference Mohammad-Jafar Yahaqi has said during a press conference. He noted that scholars have demonstrated little regard Ronak bandleader Keyvan Ali-Mohammadi holds a flag of Iran along with members Sculptures by Iranian artist Behzad Ajdari. (Honaronline/Ramona Mirian) of his group in Beijing on May 12, 2019. for international issues in the Shahnameh, and expressed ARTTEHRAN – Works by The collection, which has been accu- his hope that the conference would bring the thoughts of ARTTEHRAN – Ronak, Rezaian. desk10 Iranian artists will mulated by curator Rojhaneh Hosseini, Ferdowsi and the Shahnameh to the attention of the scholars deskan Iranian ensemble Over 30,000 people from China be showcased during the 4th edition of includes ceramics by Nafiseh Khalaj, Behzad across the world. led by vocalist Keyvan Ali-Mohammadi, and abroad are expected to attend the International Fine Craft and Creation Ajdari, Mohammad-Ali Sajjadi, Mohsen A number of articles submitted to the secretariat of the will attend the Asian Culture Carnival, the carnival, which will include music Biennial – Revelations in Paris, the organ- Tohidi and Hirbod Hemmat-Azad. conference will be published in a book after the conference which will be held in Beijing, China on concerts and dance performances by izers have announced. The exhibition will host artworks from 10 concludes. Wednesday as a part of the Conference artists from Asian countries. Works by sculptors Mehdi Shirahmadi, more countries including Cameroon, Cana- The three-day conference will end with a celebration of on Dialogue of Asian Civilizations. A number of cultural performances, Mohammad Behabadi, Kurosh Arish and da, Chile, , Luxembourg, Spain, South Ferdowsi Day on Wednesday at the tomb of Ferdowsi in The band, which is scheduled food and film festivals, and tourism Mohammadreza Khalaji and enamels by Africa, Romania, Thailand and . the northeastern Iranian town of Tus. to perform a selection of Iranian exhibitions will also be organized on the Nima Nasiri have been selected to be put Over 450 artists from 33 countries will traditional and regional music, features sidelines of the Conference on Dialogue on display at the Exhibition le Banquet of attend the biennial, which aims at promot- tar player Hanieh Ali-Mohammadi and of Asian Civilizations, which will come the biennial, which will be held in Grand ing contemporary fine crafts from across Cannes Film Market to oud player and percussionist Neda to an end on May 22. Palais from May 23 to 26. the globe. showcase “Cinema Donkey” Arthur Jafa, Lithuania win top prizes at Venice Biennale ARTTEHRAN – Iranian director Shahed Ah- deskmadlu’s dark comedy “Cinema Donkey” VENICE (Art News) — After a whirlwind week of opening Vaiva Grainyt?, and Lina Lapelyt? that is set on a manmade The Golden Lion for best artist in the central exhibition, will be showcased during the events, the Venice Biennale has announced the winners of its beach in a building on the outskirts of the Arsenale. It was “May You Live in Interesting Times,” went to Arthur Jafa, Cannes Film Market – Marché prizes, the Golden Lions and Silver Lion. selected from among about 90 national pavilions. whose contributions included the video “The White Album” du Film, the public relations The Golden Lion for best national participation at the 58th A special mention in the national-participation category (2018). team for the movie announced Biennale went to Lithuania, which presented Sun & Sea (Ma- was given to Belgium, which presented animatronic figures And the Silver Lion, which honors a “promising young on Monday. rina), an opera about climate change by Rugil? Barzdžiukait?, by Jos de Gruyter and Harald Thys. artist,” went to Haris Epaminonda. Starring Mohammadreza Davudnejad, Hassan Rezai and Puria Shakibai, the movie Schumacher documentary in the works Peggy Lipton, “Mod Squad” and “Twin satirizes professional miscon- ducts in Iranian cinema. and headed to Cannes Peaks” star, dies at 72 The Cannes Film Market will open today and will be CANNES, France (Reuters) — Former LOS ANGELES (AP) — Peggy Lipton, running until May 23. Formula One world champion Michael a star of the groundbreaking late 1960s The Marché du Film is the Schumacher will be the subject of a new TV show “The Mod Squad” and the 1990s business counterpart of the documentary featuring unseen archive show “Twin Peaks,” died of cancer Cannes Film Festival, and is footage and rare interviews, producers Saturday. She was 72. the largest film market in the announced on Sunday before the Cannes Lipton died surrounded by her family, A poster for “Cinema Donkey” world. It was created in 1959 Film Festival. her daughters, Rashida and Kidada by Iranian director Shahed Ah- and has been held annually The film, directed by German duo Jones, said in a statement. madlu. since then, simultaneously Michael Wech and Hanns-Bruno “We are heartbroken that our beloved with the major international film event. Kammertoens, was made with the blessing mother passed away from cancer today,” of the driver’s family and will include Former Ferrari driver Michael Schu- they said. “She made her journey macher of Germany looks on during In this Jan. 16, 2018 file photo, Peggy Lipton interviews with them as well as companions peacefully with her daughters and arrives at the Stella McCartney Autumn and competitors, the filmmakers said. the qualifying session for the Italian F1 nieces by her side. We feel so lucky for Grand Prix race at the Monza racetrack 2018 Presentation in Los Angeles. (Photo IIDO director Mohammad Schumacher turned 50 on Jan. 3 but every moment we spent with her. We by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File) has not been seen in public since a skiing in Monza, near Milan, in this September can’t put all of our feelings into words Qomi meets Afghan art elites accident in the French Alps five years ago 13, 2008. (Reuters/Alessandro Bianchi) right now but we will say: Peggy was, interracial cast. Lipton was nominated which left him with severe head injuries feature band members Jimmy Page, Robert and will always be our beacon of light, for Emmys and won a Golden Globe 1 Qomi said that he has had learned teachers from and in a medically-induced coma. Plant and John Paul Jones. both in this world and beyond. She will in 1971 for her performance. The show Afghanistan, while he has also had very talented Afghan The film is in post-production, with Schumacher remains motor racing’s always be a part of us.” addressed issues such as the Vietnam students while he was teaching at the Religious School of international rights sales to be launched at most successful driver, with a record 91 Lipton played one of a trio of Los War, drugs and domestic violence. Hojjatieh. the Marche du Film, a business event held grand prix wins. He won his first two titles Angeles undercover “hippie cops” on Lipton married music producer “I have also taught many seminary students from , in parallel to the cinema showcase on the with Benetton in 1994 and 1995 before five “The Mod Squad,” which aired on ABC. Quincy Jones in 1974, and they had two America and South-East but the best of them were French Riviera that kicks off on May 14. in a row with Ferrari between 2000-2004. The Los Angeles Times says it was one daughters. The couple divorced in 1989. students from Afghanistan,” he said. Other films set to be introduced to In January his family released a of pop culture’s first efforts to reckon In the 1990s, she played the role of “I also have good memories of cooperation with the Afghan buyers include a documentary about rock statement saying he was in the “the very seriously with the counterculture and Norma Jennings in the TV series “Twin students during my teaching career,” he added. bank Led Zeppelin. As yet untitled, it will best of hands”. one of the first TV shows to feature an Peaks.”