The history of musical development in Iran dates back thousands of years and expands through various neighboring cultures, making it one of the richest and most influential musical regions of the old world. Continually used for 4,500–5,000 years, the Ney is one of the oldest musical instruments still in use.
The origin of the word Ney dates back many years. In Sumerian culture, it’s known that the Ney came from the family of a wind instrument named "na." Na used to be made from cane. The person who plays the Ney is called "nayi" in Arabic and "neyzen" in Farsi (Persian).
Born in Iran in 1964, Amir Shahasarwent is a master of flute and woodwind instruments. At the age of 24, he left for Turkey where he learned Turkish traditional classical music, Sufi music, Turkish clarinet. In 1989, Amir moved to Israel where he learned to play the oud and specialized in Arabic music, both on oud and Ney. Though he played the flute from an early age, it was when he specialized in the Persian Ney that he started to learn traditional classical repertoires and composing.
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