"Persian setar master Daryush Safvat playing the modes Chahargah and Abu Ata in Paris in about 1962. The sound recording was made by Lloyd Miller who recently added photos and video visuals from the 1970s attempting to partly match the video with the sound for this posting. Dr. Safvat is still active in Iran as the main exponent of the correct traditional old modal system which has been passed down over the millenia. In Paris Dr. Safvat taught Persian traditional music at the Centre d'etudes de musique orientale where Mr. Miller studied santur, setar and zarb. In the 1970s, Dr. Safvat was the main force in salvaging traditional Persian music from destruction by westernization. "

Dr. Lloyd Miller

Ostad Hossein Alizadeh (Setar) and Majid Khaladj (Tombak) performing at the 7th Konya International Festival of Mystic Music (sep. 2010), in Turkey.

On June 7, 2010, Mohammad Reza Shajarian, the iconic figure of Iran's classical music made a presentation of his newly designed intruments at York university's Accolade East building, in Toronto, ON, Canada.

Sepideh Raissadat singing and performing "Ze Farvardin" Tasnif (Dastgah e Mahour)

poem by Mohammad Taqi Bahar