The Persian ney is an ancient end-blown flute made from a single length of natural reed. With six finger holes (five in front, one for the thumb), it produces a breathy, deeply expressive tone that spans more than two octaves. Played with a rare interdental embouchure — with the tip of the reed placed between the teeth — the ney responds to the most subtle shifts in breath, pressure, and angle. No valves, no keys — just air, vibration, and centuries of tradition. This flute is central to Persian

Day 3️⃣ of gratitude and glimmers in my life. My love for Persian music, especially classical, comes from him. My Daddy. My baba. When I was a baby not a day went by that I didn’t hear him playing one of his many instruments including the santur. His music is the soundtrack to my childhood. He has been one of my greatest supporters and everything I am today is because of him. Papa bear - I love you so very much! I am incredibly grateful for you. Luckiest girl to have you as my dad ❤️ Glimmer: lo

Aga Khan Music Programme Dariush Talai, an Iranian tar and setar player, musicologist, composer, and educator, was recognised at the 2019 Aga Khan Music Awards for his exceptional commitment to transmitting the classical performance tradition of the tar through his diverse activities as an artist, educator, and scholar.⁣ ⁣ Born in 1953, he began his studies of traditional Persian music with masters of radif, the canonical corpus of melodic models that constitute the core of the Persian classical