Asareh Shekarchi
Born in 1981 in Tehran, She started learning music at age 7. When she was 10 she started her “Tonbak” practice with late Dariush Zargari and in Fajr Music festival of 1995 and 1996 she received the second prize. In 1998 she started to learn “Kamancheh” under the guidance of her father, Master Ali Akbar Shekarchi and in 2000 she entered Tehran’s University of Fine Arts. She received the first prize for “Radif Navazi” at Student Music Festival in 2002. She has played in many concerts as a duet player with her father in cities such as Tehran, Rasht, Shiraz, Semnan, Damghan, Arak, Ahvaz and countries such Switzerland, France and Ital.She is now teaching “Tonbak” in Arash Music Institute.