1. CD > Anwar, on the foot steps of Abdol Ghader Maraghi
(BOOK - CD/CD - Album - Persian (Iran))

... Young, cultivated and curious singer Sepideh Raissadat is the most remarkable meeting in our journey: she has studied since the age of 8 with many great living masters of the Persian Art music (radîf) ...

2. Audio > Tasnif "Aman az in Del"
(AUDIO - VIDEO/Audio Ressources - English (United Kingdom))

...  The song was performed by the beautiful voice of Ghamar and the masterful Tar of Morteza Neydavood.  ...

3. Video > Ostad Hasan Kasai teaching Setar
(AUDIO - VIDEO/آرشیو تصویری - English (United Kingdom))

A video of Ostad Hasan Kasai, the greatest contemporary master of the Persian Ney, also a Setar performer, teaching the techniques of the Setar in Dastgah e Shur, with some important explanation about ...

4. Video > Ostad Saeed Hormozi performing Setar in Dastgah e Shur
(AUDIO - VIDEO/آرشیو تصویری - English (United Kingdom))

Ostad Saeed Hormozi, one of the great masters of Tar and Setar, performing during the Art Festival in Shiraz. He is accompanied by Tombak player, Jamshid Shemirani. Oec6LVoOInc  ...

5. Featured Biography > Ostad Abolhasan Saba
(BIOGRAPHIES/Biographies - )

... this multi-instrumentalist, composer, researcher and master of Radif (the Persian Classical Repertoire) continues to pour vitality and freshness through his important contributions. Saba was born in ...

6. Mohammad Reza Lotfi
(BIOGRAPHIES/Biographies - English (United Kingdom))

  Mohammad Reza Lotfi is one of the greatest contemporary masters of the tar and setar. He is among the major figures who, in the past twenty years, have revolutionized the Persian traditional (classical) ...

7. CD > Anwar, on the foot steps of Abdol Ghader Maraghi
(BOOK - CD/CD - Album)

... Young, cultivated and curious singer Sepideh Raissadat is the most remarkable meeting in our journey: she has studied since the age of 8 with many great living masters of the Persian Art music (radîf) ...

8. Video > Simorq project by Hamid Motebassem
(AUDIO - VIDEO/Video Ressources)

... poetic opus, the Shahnameh, is not only one of the most extraordinary works in Persian literature – it ranks among the masterpieces of the world’s literary treasures. In sheer magnitude, with over fifty ...

9. Dariush Talai
(BIOGRAPHIES/Biographies)

Dariush Talai is one of the great masters of Persian classical music, whose creativity combines finely authenticity and innovation. His art has its roots in the tradition ...

10. Ostad Ahmad Ebadi
(BIOGRAPHIES/Biographies)

... His Last works were gathered by Ostad Hossein Tehrani, great master of Tombak and one of his best friends, in a book called Shahnavaz. When he passed away in 1992 in Tehran, Ostad ...

11. Audio > Ostad Yusef Forutan performing Setar in Dastgah e Homayun
(AUDIO - VIDEO/Audio Ressources)

Zarbi e Homayun performed by Ostad Yusef Forutan. music/Forutan_Setar_Zarbi-Homayun.mp3 

12. Setar Tuning : Use our Online Setar Tuner
(TECHNICAL/Technical)

... great masters never tune to Western standard C. The reason has nothing to do with nationalism but with some practical considerations. When you tune your Setar slightly lower than the Western pitch, Setar ...

13. Audio > Ostad Abolhasan Saba performing Setar
(AUDIO - VIDEO/Audio Ressources)

music/Saba_Setar_Nava.mp3 Abolhasan Saba . Setar . Dastgah e Nava music/Saba_Setar_Chahargah.mp3 Abolhasan Saba . Setar . Dastgah e Chahargah music/Saba_Setar_Shur_Gereyli.mp3 Abolhasan Saba . Setar . ...

14. Video > Dariush Tala'i performing Setar in Mahour
(AUDIO - VIDEO/Video Ressources)

Dariush Tala'i, a great master of Tar and Setar, performs a Chaharmezrab (composed by Darvish Khan) in Dastgah e Mahour  HvaLdsNkRnA  ...

15. Structure of Setar
(TECHNICAL/Technical)

bmz5UnwCq6c Very brief and concise presentation of Setar by Dariush Tala'i, a great master of Tar, Setar and Radif (video in French) English Transcript of the video: Dariush Tala'i: "Setar" in Persian ...

16. Course & Workshops around the World
(COURSES/Courses around the World)

Australia / Canada / England / France / Germany / Iran / Japan / Sweden / UAE / USA Find a teacher / instructor for Setar lessons in your area:   Australia Adelaide Persian ...

17. On the Radif of Persian Classical Music ( Meshkatian)
(ARTICLES/Articles)

... and particularly Mirza Abdollah (d. 1918). This collection of all the materials which have been communicated and preserved by oral tradition, through many generations by the old masters, is called the ...

18. Introduction to Traditional Iranian Dastgah Music
(ARTICLES/Articles)

... songs that have been reworked by master musicians and their students. Read more ...   ...

19. On the Radif of Persian Classical Music
(ARTICLES/Articles)

The classical music of Iran is based on the Radif, which is a collection of old melodies that have been handed down by the masters to the students through the generations. Over time, each master's own ...

20. Hossein Alizadeh
(BIOGRAPHIES/Biographies)

... in composition and performance. During the same period he studied with various masters of Persian Classical Music such as Hushang Zarif, Ali Akbar Shahnazi, NurAli Borumand, Mahmud Karimi, ...