About

Sara Majidinejad is an Iranian qanun player, composer, improviser, and music educator based in Helsinki, Finland. Her artistic practice is rooted in Persian musical traditions while engaging with contemporary approaches to composition, improvisation, and intercultural collaboration. Through her work, she explores the qanun beyond its traditional context and develops new ways of bringing it into dialogue with different musical languages, stories, and artistic settings.
Born and raised in Tehran, Sara began studying piano at the age of eight before discovering the qanun, which gradually became the centre of her musical practice. At the age of twelve, she started studying in Tehran Music School, where she received formal training in both piano and qanun. She later studied Iranian Music Performance at the Art University of Tehran, with qanun as her main instrument. After moving to Finland, she continued her studies at the Sibelius Academy, University of the Arts Helsinki, where she completed her bachelor’s degree in Global Music and is currently pursuing her master’s degree in the same programme.
Sara has performed in Iran, Finland, Sweden, and Brazil, taking part in concerts, festivals, and interdisciplinary projects. Alongside her work as a performer and composer, she is active as a music educator, working with students of different ages through teaching and workshops. She has placed second three times at the Javan Music Festival and is a recipient of the Royesh Festival Award in Iran