TEHRAN – The National Orchestra will go on stage at the Iranian Academy of Arts on June 17 to perform a concert in memory of legendary actor Jamshid Mashayekhi, the Rudaki Foundation announced on Wednesday. 

The orchestra will perform under the baton of Mashayekhi’s son Nader, a former conductor of the Tehran Symphony Orchestra. 

Mashayekhi, who starred in such acclaimed movies as “Kamalolmolk” and “Chrysanthemum”, died on April 2 at the age of 85.

Photo: A poster for a concert the National Orchestra will perform in memory of actor Jamshid Mashayekhi in Tehran.

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