Amir Abbas Zare () (born 24 December in

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, Iran) is an Iranian classical musician and composer. He is currently living in

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, Germany. At the age of two he left Iran with his parents and immigrated to Germany. Later at the age of 6 he began studying the piano, his first instrument. Since 1993 he began with lessons of the

Setar A setar (, ) (lit: "Three String (music), Strings") is a stringed instrument, a type of lute used in Persian traditional music, played solo or accompanying voice. It is a member of the tanbur family of long-necked lutes with a range of more than ...

, which became his main instrument later. He also plays with the Singer Maestra

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. From 1997 he was professionally involved in music and began performing on various festivals like the well-known "Falun Folk Festival" in Sweden and many many others. The Setarist and Composer has already passed through several master classes. In 2012, he was responsible for the Film Music of movie The Physician as a supervisor.

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Zare, Amir Abbas Iranian classical musicians Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Musicians from Tehran Iranian expatriates in Germany