Fariba Hedayati Nik Fekr, was born in Tehran in a family with great love for traditional Iranian music and was introduced to this art at an early age by his father who also played the nei. In 1982 she began her tutorship of the setar with Ataollah Jankook, the renowned master of this instrument. She was tutored by Jankook in various radifs of traditional Iranian music for five years.

In order to further her knowledge of various styles of playing the setar, Fariba continued her training with such masters of this art as Ahmad Ebadi, Jalal Zolfonoon, Hossein Alizadeh, and Dariush Talaee . Since 1987, Fariba was tutored by Hossein Alizadeh to whom she owes most of her expertise in this field.

Her first public performance was as a member of Khojasteh Group, comprising exclusively of Iranian ladies, which performed a concert at Rudaki Concert Hall in Tehran under the leadership of Ms. Susan Aslani (Dehlavi) in 1992. more >>