Masoud Rezaei

In the artist’s words: Describe one of your earliest musical memories in detail. I’m Masoud Rezaei, an Iranian composer and Setar player based in Los Angeles. My albums Nothingness and Until reflect my journey in world music, with Until winning the Independent Music Award for Best World Traditional Album. I honor Iranian heritage What are your top 3 all-time favorite albums on Apple Music, and why? Why did you choose these three albums in particular? Behdad Babaei, Navid Afghah, Insanity Route Behdad Babaei, Navid Afghah, Jooye Noghreye Mahtab Hossein Alizadeh, Torkaman I love these three albums for their brilliant use of the Setar at the core and the high ingenuity in each composition. The creativity and depth of these works showcase the Setar’s beauty and elevate Persian music to its finest, most expressive level Find a song of yours on Apple Music that you love and tell us what makes it special. Tell us why you chose this song. “Immigration” I love this piece because it is the reflection of my life's experience as an Immigrant and it speaks my words through an instrumental atmosphere and it also contains Jazz and Iranian Traditional music elements. What’s one of the most memorable moments in your career so far? My most memorable moments are those that I am on stage performing for a live audience. Every single time it opens a whole new world to me through energy connections Is there anything left on your bucket list as an artist or band? I believe that art is the most advanced/ complicated and amazing way for us as human beings to express our thoughts and it is the best tool to make this world a better place to live.