Nezhat Amiri’s recent high-profile performance caps a 38-year fight for recognitionIn her 38-year career,which is as long as the history of the Islamic republic, Iran’s first and only female conductor had led as many public performances as the number of fingers that hold her baton.final month, and however,Nezhat Amiri conducted a 71-member orchestra performing at Tehran’s most prestigious concert corridor – a remarkable milestone in a country where it is considered taboo for state TV to show musical instruments, women are not allowed to sing solo and female musicians absorb been prevented from going on stage in provincial cities.
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Source: guardian.co.uk