Abolhasan Saba (Persian: ابوالحسن صبا; April 15, 1902 – December 19, 1957) was a renowned Iranian composer, violinist, and setar player.

[1] Saba is one of Iran's most influential traditional and instrumental Persian music figures.

[1][2] His first radio recording was in 1927 when he played violin alongside Iran's famous singer Ruhangis.

[3] Amongst his many students who went on to become great masters of Persian traditional music were Faramarz Payvar, Manoochehr Sadeghi,[4] Habibollah Badiei, Rahmatollah Badiyi, Abbas Emadi, Ali Tajvidi, Mahmoud Tajbakhsh, Sassan Sepanta, Saeid Gharachorloo, Parviz Yahaghi, Dariush Safvat, Gholam-Hossein Banan, Parviz Tanavoli,[5] Talieh Kamran[6] and Hossein Tehrani.

Upon Saba's will in 1974, after his death, the faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Tehran turned his private house into a museum.