Pooria Pournazeri | Aga Khan Museum

Aga Khan Museum

Week of Sep 28 - Oct 4, 2026

Opening times this week: 28th Sep – 4th Oct

Monday: Closed
Tuesday: 10am – 4:30pm; Early Closure
Wednesday: 10am – 8pm; BMO Free Wednesdays 4 – 8 pm
Thursday: 10am – 5:30pm
Friday: 10am – 5:30pm
Saturday: 10am – 5:30pm
Sunday: 10am – 5:30pm

Open all statutory holidays, except Dec 25.

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Beginning his initiation into tanbur (Kurdish lute) at age six, Pooria Pournazeri’s musical education includes both traditional Persian and Kurdish repertoires, which he studied with his uncle Keykhosrow Pournazeri, a teacher of Sufi music. After studying thousand-year-old masterpieces, he composed his first work at 14, and at 16, he performed in the Fajr International Music Festival competition in Tehran, where he won third place. In 2009, he established Rivaan Ensemble in Tehran with his students and Iranian music masters to record Make the Earth Peaceful for the UN’s Act on Climate Change project.