Iranian violin virtuoso Farid Farjad will begin a concert tour across Turkey with a performance in the Aegean province of İzmir on Oct. 5.

Farjad, who is known as the man “who makes the violin cry due to the emotions in his songs,” will take the stage at İzmir’s İsmet İnönü Art Center, according to the Aegean Culture and Art Organization.

He will continue his concerts on Oct. 7 at Erzurum’s Atatürk University Congress Hall; on Oct. 8 at Ankara’s National Education Ministry Council Hall; on Oct. 10 at Gaziantep’s 100. Yıl Amphitheater; on Oct. 12 at Mersin’s Atatürk Congress Center; on Oct. 14 at Diyarbakır’s Dicle University Concert Hall; on Oct. 15 at Istanbul’s Caddebostan Culture Center and on Oct. 19 at Istanbul’s Kültür University Akıngüç Auditorium.

Farjad will be accompanied by Los Angeles-based Armenian pianist Armen Aharonian, Hurriyet Daily News reported.