Negar Boban

• Native Name — نگار بوبان • Alias — نگار بوبان, Negâr Boubân, Negar Buban, Negar Booban • Born — 28 March 1973 • Birthplace — Tehran, Iran • Genre — Persian traditional music • Occupation — Composer, instrumentalist, vocalist, music teacher, author, music historian • Instrument — oud, Barbat, vocals, santur • Years Active — 1994–present • Associated Acts — Salim Ghazi Saeedi, Babak Bouban, Mohammad Reza Darvishi, Leyla Hakin Elahi, Hossein Behroozinia, Mansour Nariman, Hengameh Akhavan • Website — www.negarbouban.com/

Bouban was born to parents from Kurdistan and grew up in Tehran. At age eight, she played the santur, but later took up the oud. She spent her high school years at Farzanegan High School in Tehran and graduated from the University of Tehran with a degree in architecture. While studying architecture at the university, she became interested in acoustics. She chose the design of acoustic halls for rehearsing and performing Iranian music and compiled a plan for the Tehran Conservatory of Music as the subject of her master's thesis. In 2009, Boban received a doctorate in art research from Al-Zahra University. Her doctoral dissertation, "The Common Foundation of Rhythm in Iranian Instrumental Music and Persian Language," supervised by Omid Tabibzadeh and advised by Hossein Alizadeh and Zahra Rahbarnia) is about the relationship between weight in the official Persian language and traditional music.