TEHRAN – A new series of master classes by Italian maestro Damiano Giuranna restarted at the Culture and Art Applied Science University in Tehran on Friday.

Topics on conducting are scheduled to be discussed at the classes, which will end on Sunday, the university announced in a press release on Thursday.

Last December, Giuranna who is the conductor of the World Youth Orchestra held master classes at the university on violin, viola and orchestral performance.

The master classes are being organized based on an agreement signed between the university and the World Youth Orchestra, which is located in Rome.

Based on the agreement, a number of Iranian students will be selected to attend master classes and also to perform with the World Youth Orchestra in future concerts.

The master classes have been arranged in collaboration with the 5Khat Music Academy in Tehran.

Last August, the World Youth Orchestra performed joint concerts with the Tehran Symphony Orchestra at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall.

Seventy-five young musicians from the five continents founded the orchestra in 2001.

Photo: Italian maestro Damiano Giuranna conducts musicians from the World Youth Orchestra and the Tehran Symphony Orchestra during a joint concert at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall on August 10, 2016. (Honaronline/Bahareh Asadi)

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