Devour Music

Mohammad Mostafa Heydarian was born in 2002 in Kermanshah in western Iran—the home of the tanbur, a lute with a tradition dating back over 5,000 years.

The mystical music of the Yarsan, in which the tanbur is played and ritually passed down, shaped his childhood. Even as a child, Mostafa began to immerse himself in the ancient maqams, inspired by his father, a dâf player and tanbur maker.

In his father's workshop, he immersed himself in this music daily and learned from renowned masters. Later,