I am a passionate musician, instrument maker, teacher, and documentary filmmaker from north east of Iran, Khorasan. From the age of six, I have studied and played Dotar, an ancient Iranian and Afghani instrument. I had my first live performance when I was only eight years old. Since then, I have been regularly invited to perform on stage inside and outside Iran. I had the honour to learn this instrument from some of the greatest Dotar players and musicians in Iran. Since then I have undertaken a project to document and preserve the oral traditions regarding their skills as a means of cultural preservation. This is one of several projects I have undertaken to collect and document Iranian folk music heritage through personal study, teaching these traditions to future generations, and the development of documentary films.