little, i became interested in--in playing kamancheh, d there was this old master, ostad ali-asghar bahari. he appeared on tv, i mean i was totally fascinated, uh, with the way he was playing the instrument, because the sound was something that i... you know, spoke to me, spoke to my soul. i was bornn a non-musical family. my father was an agricultural engineer, my brother was an instrument maker, um, my mother knew all of the songs that-- my father was, um, you know, theywas a true music lover, and he had a big archive of, you know, all the recordings and things. so, i grew up in a musical family, but not a musician family. i really loved music, and, uh, i--i--i ran home from school, you know, to play. and then, um, by the time i was seven, they took me to music school, and i started to play uh, violin, in iranian style. and then after a while i became interested in-- in playing kamancheh. my first teacher was master ahmad mohajer. he was really patient, kind and knowledgeable. he has the most important effect on my character, on my personality, my, uh, music. and i--i learned a lot from