A native-born of Tehran, Iran, was introduced to the world of music at the age of ten by his brother. 

He later entered the School of National Music (SNM) in Tehran, with the Santúr as his instrument of choice. For a period of 3 1/2 years he learned maestro ‘Abul-Hassan Sabá’s Scales (Radíf) of Persian Music under the instruction of Dr. Manuchehr Sadeghí, who played a major role in training and encouraging this young pupil.

Khayat is among the few remaining Persian musicians abroad who meticulously kept his music inspirations unaffected by the West and purely traditional. The purpose of this CD is to contribute to the safeguarding and the integrity of this traditional music, the music which has survived a number of devastating cultural invasions throughout the history, all the while remaining as one of the richest traditional music of the world.

Bahram Khayat has extensively studied the Radifs of the old masters of Persian music, including Ustads Mirza Abdu’llah, Abul-Hasan Saba, Musa Ma`rufi (collections), and Faramarz Payvar. This training included intense, in-person, training under supervision of Ustad Framarz Payvar. This training began with a review of Ustad Saba’s Radif for Santur, followed by Payvar’s Chap-Kuk and ending with a review of Ma`rufi’s collections. This study would not have been possible without the heart-felt desire of Ustad Payvar to teach such a difficult radif and a competent student. The completion of this work is a monumental task, which but a few are privileged to have mastered.