Manoochehr Sadeghi started learning the santur at the age of five, ironically from a teacher named Dr. Manoochehr Sadeghian. At the age of 14, he became the student of the late master- Ostad
Abol-Hassan Saba a legendary figure and the first person to notate and categorize 3500 years of Persian classical music (which was preserved only through performance) known as the "Radif" (12 Dastgahs, or Modes). Ostad Saba took a unique interest into Sadeghi's talent and taught him from ...