Horan Sounds is a live music production and booking agency based in Paris, working on traditional music projects from Central Asia, Near Eastern countries and Iran.

 

about us

who we are

Horan Sounds is a live music production and booking agency based in Geneva (Switzerland), working on traditional music projects from Central Asia, Near Eastern countries and Iran.

what we do

Looking for original music projects, we provide them with professional support to facilitate their development process and offer them distribution opportunities in other countries.
We believe that musical traditions can change and be preserved at the same time.
That is what keeps traditions alive.

how we do

Our most important criteria to select projects are originality, smartness and honesty in the way they interpret the traditions. Projects are selected by a supervisory committee of specialised musicians and ethnomusicologists.
After the selection, our technical and communication team will travel to the country to fully document the music projects. A local agent then would be appointed to sustain our relationship with the band.
We see an integral part of our distribution work to be tour booking and producing projects in music festivals or other kind of event.
We seek to be in permanent relation with the bands, follow creative process of their work and take part in their professional evolution.

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.

our team

our partners

Expert committee

Janet Lim, ex-UNHCR assistant high commissionnaire, Singapore
Jean During, emeritus director of research at CNRS, France
Georges Goormaghtigh, ex-UNIGE Professor, Switzerland
Nancy Rieben, HEM Professor, Switzerland

they helped us

Amin Nouri
Jean During
Seyed Mohammad Mousavi
Saber Nazargahi
Arash Mohafez
Melika Shafahi
Mahmood S. Zargar

Credits

Image and direction : Maryam Goormaghtigh
Sound : Marc Siffert & Ehsan Abedi
Photo : Hossein Rad & Ehsan Abedi
Editing : Hossein Rad & Maryam Goormaghtigh
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