Moments feat. Massoud Shaari - Sargfabrik - 2026

Sargfabrik - Verein für integrative Lebensgestaltung, Wien

With virtuosity, sensitivity, and a keen sense of rhythm, Sina Shaari and Claudio Spieler bridge the gap between different musical worlds. Oud player and guitarist Sina Shaari draws from classical Persian music while also incorporating influences from classical music, jazz, world music, chamber music, and rock into his playing. As a percussionist, Claudio Spieler blends the sonic languages of South Indian and Afro-Cuban music with flamenco, jazz, and even Icelandic folk—a wide-ranging musical horizon that keeps the sound constantly evolving.

When they play together, this sonic space expands even further: the internationally renowned setar player and composer Massoud Shaari adds another voice deeply rooted in the Persian tradition. His musical language is lyrical, multi-layered, and marked by great improvisational clarity—opening up additional sonic depths and colors for the ensemble.

The result is a trio that moves beyond fixed genre boundaries: a vibrant, open ensemble in which different traditions meet and merge. The starting point is a set of theme-based original compositions that leave plenty of room for spontaneous dialogues, improvised encounters, and individual sonic languages in which past and present flow into one another quite naturally.

Sina Shaari – oud, Claudio Spieler – percussion, Massoud Shaari – setar