Amir Vahab

Teaches at New York Open Center

The New York Times calls him the "ambassador for a silenced music." 

Honored as a peacemaker and virtuoso, Amir Alan Vahab is one of New York’s most celebrated and distinguished composer / vocalists of sufi and folk music. He sings in many different languages with a unique mystical style. The virtuosos of Amir weave fiery instrumentals and songs of the Ancient land of the Middle East that include Persian, Turkish, Azeri and beyond. As an instrumentalist, he plays and teaches the tar, setar, tanbour, saz, oud, ney, daf and zarb.

He began his musical studies at an early age and by his late teens, Amir Vahab was already an accomplished musician and a music teacher.