WMirza Abdollah, also known as Agha Mirza Abdollah Farahani (1843–1918), was a tar and setar player. He is among the most significant musicians in Iran's history. Born in Shiraz, he and his younger brother Mirza Hossein Gholi started learning music from their father Ali Akbar Farahani who was a well-known musician.
WSalar Aghili, known by his full name Mir Salar Moslemi Aghili, is a classical and Persian traditional singer.. His spouse, Harir Shariat–Zadeh is a Persian musician who plays piano and daf.
WAsieh Ahmadi is an Iranian daf, dayereh and tanbur player. She is the sister of Sara Ahmadi. Ahmadi has made numerous recordings with prominent musicians including Abdolhossein Mokhtabad, Nasser Razazi, Pari Zanganeh and Simin Ghanem, and is a member of the Musical groups Hannaneh and Toranj.
WHossein Alizadeh is an Iranian musician, composer, radif-preserver, researcher, teacher, and tar, shurangiz and setar instrumentalist and improviser. He has performed with such musicians as Shahram Nazeri, Mohammadreza shajarian, Alireza Eftekhari and Jivan Gasparyan, as well as with a number of orchestras and ensembles.
WMahyar Alizadeh is a musician, composer, singer and Taar player from Iran.
WMajid Derakhshani is an Iranian musician and composer.
WAhmad Ebādi was an Iranian musician and setar player. Born in Tehran, he was a member of the most extraordinary family of Iranian music. Ahmad's father, Mirza Abdollah, is arguably the most influential figure in Persian traditional music, and his paternal uncle, Mirza Hossein Gholi, is also well known for his mastery in playing the tar. Ahmad's paternal grandfather, Ali Akbar Farahani, was also a talented musician.
WSaeed Farajpouri, was born on February 20, 1961 in Sanadaj, Iran. He is a composer, performer and an instructor of a classical Iranian instrument called Kamancheh or Spike Fiddle.
WSimin Ghanem is an Iranian classical and pop singer. She is best known for her song "Gole Goldun".
WAlireza Ghorbani is an Iranian traditional vocalist.
WParvaz Homay is an Iranian composer, lyricist, vocalist, and performer specializing in Persian classical-style music. Also known by his given birth name Saieed Jafar-Zadeh, he is better known in the public as Homay. He is the founder and leader of the Mastan Ensemble.
WSeyed Mehdi Hosseini Bami is a Persian composer of contemporary classical music.
WHassan Kassai was a musician and player of Persian classical music. He played the ney, the traditional reed flute of Persia/Iran.
WHooman Khalatbari is an Iranian-Austrian pianist and music conductor.
WRūhollāh Khāleghi, also spelled as Khaleghi, was a prominent Iranian musician, composer, conductor and author.
WMohammad-Reza Lotfi was an Iranian classical musician renowned for his mastery of the tar and setar. He collaborated with singers such as Mohammad-Rezā Shajarian, Hengameh Akhavan, Shahram Nazeri and Alireza Shahmohammadi.
WMehran Mehrnia is an Iranian classical musician, tar and setar player and composer. He is the founder and the lead performer of Homayoun Group.
WParviz Meshkatian was an Iranian musician, composer, researcher and university lecturer.
WMojtaba Mirzadeh was a renowned Kurdish Iranian Violin, Kamancheh, and Setar player who was influential in Persian classical music. He played, composed and arrangement music for many famous kurdish and Iranian singers such as Hasan Zirak, Mazhar Khaleqi, Hayedeh, Moein, Nader Golchin, Shahram Nazeri, Shahab Jezayeri, Googoosh, Mohammad-Reza Shajarian, Dariush Eghbali, Homeyra, Golpa, Alireza Eftekhari and Reza Saqaee. He was known by the music community as "the genius". Iranian classical and pop composer, Sadeq Nojooki says that Mirzadeh was the greatest musician that he ever saw in his life. He was also the composer for many films.
WAbdolhossein Mokhtabad is an Iranian singer and composer of Persian traditional music; Gold Medal Winner of Global Music Awards 2020 (best male vocalist) http://www.globalmusicawards.com/index.html
WMehdi Rajabian is an Iranian composer, musician and the founder of the website Barg Music. He was imprisoned for pursuing illegal musical activities in 2015. In 2019, he released the album Middle Eastern in collaboration with a number of other Middle Eastern artists.
WBardia Sadrenoori, also spelled Bardia Sadr-e-noori, is an Iranian pianist, chamber musician, music improvisator and author. His style is classical Persian Piano as musical improvisator.
WDariush (Daryush) Safvat was an internationally renowned and well-respected Persian music master and ethnomusicologist. Dr. Safvat was the founder and a former director of the Center for Preservation and Propagation of Iranian Music. Some credit Dr. Safvat with saving traditional music from obliteration in the 1970s. The Center counts among its graduates some of the most prolific and admired masters of classical Persian music, including Mohammad Reza Lotfi, Hossein Alizadeh, Hossein Omoumi, Parisa, the late Nasser Farhangfar, Dariush Talai, Majid Kiani and Mahmoud Farahmand.
WPouya Saraei is an Iranian Composer and Arranger, conductor, lecturer, Critique, Researcher and Santour Instrumentalist. He started playing Santur from age of seven and some of his music Masters were: Javad Bathaie, Faramarz Payvar, Hossein Alizadeh, Pashang Kamkar, Dariush Talai, Mostafa Kamal Pourtorab, Dr.Hassan Riahi, Sharif Lotfi, Farid Omran, Majid Derakhshani, Mohammad-Reza Lotfi, etc.
WJalil Shahnaz was one of the greatest maestros of Persian classical music and a virtuoso of the tar.
WHomayoun Shajarian is an Iranian classical music and classical crossover vocalist, and a tombak and kamancheh player.
WMohammad-Reza Shajarian was an Iranian vocalist and master (Ostad) of Persian traditional music. He was also known for his skills in Persian calligraphy and humanitarian activities.
WFarhang Sharif was an Iranian musician and renowned tar player.
WDariush Talai plays both the Tar and Setar.
WHoushang Zarif was a master of tar and Persian classical music.