TEHRAN -- Iranian setar player Ahmad Ebadi was born in 1906 in Tehran. He was Mirza Abdollah’s last son and was only 7 years old when he lost his father.

Later he trained under his two sisters Molud and Moluk and his brother Javad, who had understood their father's spirit remarkably well and learned tar and setar from him.

Master Ebadi had become an excellent performer by the age of 18, and he had his own style. To this day, no one has been able to copy his inimitable style.

He performed his first concert at Tehran’s Grand Hotel in 1924.

His solo and band performances were broadcast on National Radio for many years, especially on the "Golha" program.

His last works were compiled by his good friend tombak virtuoso Hossein Tehrani in the book “Shahnavaz”.

Ebadi once said, “I don’t have a child. However, my child is the setar. Unfortunately, I’m not able to introduce it to people perfectly. “Although I’ve created a new style of playing, I don’t want it to be limited to me. Every musician should try to develop his/her own specific style.”

He always believed that the setar was more geared toward solo performances.

Ebadi died on March 8, 1992 in Tehran. He was the grandson of Aqa Ali Akbar Khan Farahani and the last member of the Farahani family, which was the most prominent family of Iranian musicians of the Qajar era and was called the Family of Art.