Arsad Tahmasbi (Persian: ارشد تهماسبی) is an Iranian musician, composer, radif-preserver, researcher, teacher, and Tar and Setar instrumentalist.

[2] He learned the basics of music from Mohammad Reza Lotfi and attended classes by Lotfi and Houshang Zarif at the Center for the Preservation and Dissemination of Iranian music.

He has had several collaborations with Hossein Alizadeh in the field of ensemble and concert performance.

[5] Arshad Tahmasbi has published books on Iranian music and has presented several cassettes and CDs in this field.

In this center, old instruments, personal belongings of Tar player masters and historical documents of Iranian music are available.