Iranian Winner of Top Prize in Saudi Int’l Quran Contest Honored
Shahmoradi won the top prize in the 2nd edition of Otr Elkalam international Quran contest in Saudi Arabia a few weeks ago.
He received a cash prize of three million Saudi riyals for coming first in the Quran recitation category of the contest.
A number of Shahmoradi’s Quran teachers as well as other Quran experts and Quran learners of the Sabil al-Rishad Quran School were present at the honoring ceremony on Friday.
Shahmoradi used to be a student at Sabil al-Rishad Quran School.
Two groups of the Quran learners of the school performed choral recitations of the Holy Book at the ceremony, one group imitating the style of late Egyptian qari Abdul Fattah al-Sha’shai and the other imitating the style of anther Egyptian Quan master Sheikh Mustafa Ismail.
There were also Quran recitations by a number of senior qaris attending the event.
Then several Quran masters took the podium to highlight Shahmoradi’s achievement, his humbleness and his perseverance and eagerness in learn the Quran.
Also, director of Sabil al-Rishad Quran School noted that a large number of people have been seeking to join the school since Shahmoradi’s success in winning the Saudi Quran competition.
The second edition of the Otr Elkalam international Quran competition was held as an initiative of the General Entertainment Authority (GEA).
It was launched on the first day of the holy month of Ramadan (March 23).
The competition is designed to highlight the rich diversity of cultures in the Islamic world, and the vocal methods of reciting the Quran and raising the call to prayer.
This year, the contest attracted 50,000 Muslim entrants from more than 100 countries, all vying for qualification.
Of the 2,116 contestants who made the cut, 36 participants (18 from Quran recitation and 18 specializing in the call to prayer) qualified for the final stages.
In this competition, participants demonstrate their vocal capabilities by reciting verses of the Quran before a jury composed of experts in recitation, phonetics and maqamat (music structures).
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