Great interest in Setar lead him to Hossein
Alizadeh, and in fact his artistic promotion is
indebted to this valuable master of Iranian
music. As to the fact that, in his childhood, he
had also been trained by some outstanding
masters such as Hormozi and Forutan, managed to
become fully familiar and accustomed to Iranian
classical music and discovered its delicacies
and beauties. Shaari has always tried to
reconstruct the works of the pioneer masters of
music and this high goal resulted in creation of
two albums, "Shabahang" and "Karevan-saba".
In
Shabahang we can see improvisation in Radif
(Iranian traditional music systems), and
also reconstruction the works of some masters as
Roknneddin Mokhtary, Saba, Hormozi, and Forutan. In
Karevan-Saba, the chief goal is interpretation
of some pieces of music for setar, originally
composed by master Saba for violin.
Shaari
has always endeavored to teach Iranian classical
music and has been involved in Setar tuition
since 1981 in art centers directed by private
and public sectors. In this connection, he has
trained many apprentices following his artistic
school. Now, he teaches privately, as well as in
Azad University,
and artistic
center of Kamkars Ensemble. He follows his
special teaching method (which is under
publish.)
Massoud Shaari, with his complete control over
traditional Persian music, has tried to restore
the almost forgotten melodies and rhythms of
traditional Persian music, and confront it with
contemporary music and modes of interpretation.
It
seems that his insight of music is absolutely
free, and he tries to restore the lost elements
of Iranian music such as forgotten rhythms and
melodies, and mix them with modern music.
For
the past ten years, he has been teaching Setar
and theory of traditional Persian music in
different places: Azad University, “Kamkar”
musical center, and in various other musical
centers in the private and public sectors..