February 29, 2020, by Steve Capra, World Music Central 

Even the instruments were beautiful at The World Music Institute’s presentation of Sahba Motallebi and Rahim AlHaj in concert at Merkin Hall on February 15th. Ms. Motallebi, who is Iranian, played…

August 24, 2018 

17th Annual Small World Music Festival Celebrates Cultural Diversity 

Toronto’s Small World Music Festival just celebrated its 17th edition. Inspired by WOMAD this year the event paid tribute to world music’s legacy and cultural diversity through film…

October 7, 2017, by ANDY GARRIGUE Special correspondent 

Sahba Motallebi’s journey to the Richmond Folk Festival began in Sari, a seaside city in northern Iran, at age 11. It was there that she began to play the setar, a small…

September 12, 2017, by Hannah Maes, Arts and Rec Editornd gravida 

After years of struggle in a war-torn Middle Eastern country, Persian musician Sabha Motallebi moved to the U.S. to continue her musical journey. 

University of Wisconsin-Whitewater students will have…

October 21, 2016, by Delarue, New York Music Daily 

Sahba Motallebi hit a sharp staccato chord on her Iranian tar lute. Then she paused, Then she hit another one. Then another pause, then another stilletto swipe. Then she lit into…