The Tehran Symphony Orchestra (TSO, ), founded in 1933, is Iran's oldest and largest symphony orchestra. It was founded as the Municipality Symphony Orchestra by Gholamhossein Minbashian, before entering its modern form under

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in 1946. In the years that followed, conductors such as Rubik (Ruben) Gregorian, Morteza Hannaneh, Haymo Taeuber, Heshmat Sanjari, and Farhad Meshkat took over as the conductors of the orchestra. After the

1979 Revolution The Iranian Revolution (, ), also known as the 1979 Revolution, or the Islamic Revolution of 1979 (, ) was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1979. The revolution led to the replacement of the Impe ...

, many musicians of the TSO emigrated to Europe and the US. For some years Heshmat Sanjari and then Fereydoun Nasseri were the conductors. The current conductor of TSO is Nassir Heidarian-Rasty.

1933–1979

In the golden age of the orchestra, many notable musicians like

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and

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played with the orchestra.

1979–present

After the 1979 Iranian revolution, clerics outlawed all pre-revolutionary music, hardline clerics say music comes between the faithful and God, and leads to an impure mind. As a result, the orchestra faced its darkest age, playing only a few concerts in the decade following the revolution. The pressure caused the conductor Heshmat Sanjari a serious sickness, he died in 1995. The orchestra still plays concerts once in a while.

Principal conductors

(1946–1948) * Rouben Gregorian (1948–1951) * Morteza Hannaneh (1952–1954) * Haymo Taeuber (1957–1960) * Heshmat Sanjari (1960–1971) * Farhad Meshkat (1972–1978) * Bijan Ghaderi (1980–1982) * Nader Mortezapour (1982–1984) * Fereydoun Nasseri (1990–1994) * Ali Rahbari (2004–2005) * Nader Mashayekhi (2006–2007) * Manouchehr Sahbai (2007–2010) * Alexander Rahbari (2015–2016) * Shahrdad Rohani (2016–2020) * Wolfgang Wengenroth (guest conductor 2022)
Nassir Heidarian-Rasty
(2022–2023) * Manouchehr Sahbai (2023–2025) * Nassir Heidarian-Rasty (2025–''present'')

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1933–1979

1979–present

Principal conductors

Gallery

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