Bahar started her singing career in 1998 and was later trained under supervision of numerous masters: Parisa, Shahram Nazeri, Hamid Reza Nourbakhsh, and finally, Iran's greatest living master of traditional Persian music, Maestro Mohammad Reza Shajarian.
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.
A student of maestro Mahmoud Karimi, Parisa has published several albums and performed numerous concerts throughout the world, sometimes with Dastan ensemble.
The 2009 panel includes best-selling author Dr. Azar Nafisi, Egyptian-American comedian Ahmed Ahmed, and Iranian-American reality TV star, Parisa Montazaran.