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6 unusual facts about Setar


Abdolhossein Mokhtabad

1988–91 Learning to play Setar School of Music of the art Organisation for Islamic Culture

Foad Manshadi

Foad began his journey with music by learning to play the Setar, despite the fact that learning an instrument was very difficult due to the prohibition of carrying musical instruments in small towns.

Ghashang Kamkar

She now teaches Setar to the growing number of Iranian women who are interested in becoming musicians.

Kayvan Mirhadi

He conducted a fusion concert and transcribed the works of the Setar virtuoso Massoud Shoari for the large classical-traditional Ensemble and gave concert in 2003 at Tehran Opera House (Vahdat Hall).

Reza Ghassemi

This album, which includes compositions from Jalal Zolfonoun, Shahram Nazeri as well as Reza Ghassemi, is believed to have the most influential effect on Iranian young artists who were reluctant to learn the Setar.

Since the release of the album Gol-e Sadbarg, Setar found unbelievably great popularity among Iranians.


Davlatmand Kholov

A multi-instrumentalist, trained in Shashmaqam at the Conservatory of Music in Dushanbe, he's well known for his works on the two-string dutar, ghijak, and setar which are popular instruments in Central Asia.

Jalal Zolfonun

In fact, since Gol-e Sadbarg's success, the Setar evolved from the least to the most popular instrument in Iran.

Mohd Yusof Bin Din

Mohd Yusof was the Alma mater of Maktab Mahmoud, Alor Setar, Kedah and later he continued his study in Kolej Islam Sultan Alam Shah, Selangor.

Zaki Azmi

Early in his life, Zaki attended school in Sultan Abdul Hamid College in Alor Setar, furthering his studies at Anderson School in Ipoh and finally in English College Johore Bahru.


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