Namdar always knew he wanted a life on stage. “When I was a kid, I always dreamt of performing on a stage; either as a musician or an actor. I ended up doing both, and somewhere along the way, it just became obvious to me that I would keep doing it my whole life.”


His acting work informs his music, and vice versa. “I always play setar before going on stage/set for acting, and I always do my acting warmups before performing music. To me, they’re both part of one thing, and that is my art.”


Namdar and setar are inseparable. “I’ve been playing setar every day for so long I don’t know how to live and not play setar. it’s truly a part of me”.