Dr. Reza Moridi, the Member of Parliament from Richmondhill passed a legislation in 2008 that in Ontario “Nowruz” is officially the first day of spring.

To commemorate this day and celebrate on Monday 08 February 2009 a celebration was held in Parliament Building (1 Queen’s Park, Toronto) and some of professional Persian artists (including Alijan Alijanpour, Gholam Hossein Nami, Dr. Reza Baraheni) were invited to exhibit or perform their art.

Baarbad Music was privileged to be invited by Dr. Moridi to represent Persian Classical Music.  Duet of santur & tombak was performed by Mehdi Rezania and Araz Pashayee.