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Together with German and Persian musicians, the baritone opera singer Holger Falk further developed German music by Johannes Brahms and Robert Schumann that was composed based on Hafez' poetry. By Ali Attar
During her short life, Iranian poetess Forugh Farrokhzad broke conventions and single-mindedly went her own way. One of her poems inspired three Iranian-American musicians to create an album dedicated to Farrokhzad's life and poetry. Richard Marcus reports