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Music: Kayvan Saket plays Tar and Shushtari Persian Dance

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Born in 1960 in Mashad, Iran, Mr. Kayvan Saket’s musical experience began during his elementary school years while performing with the Music Workshop on national Iranian television. Mr. Saket has pushed the boundaries of traditional Iranian music to new and breaking grounds through his creative arrangements of well-known western classical music, using traditional Iranian instruments such as the “tar” and “setar”.

These innovative works include pieces such as Mozart’s colorful Symphony No. 40 and Brahms’ Hungarian Rhapsodies.

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