Sadeghi began studying the santur at the age of 7 with a music teacher coincidentally named Manoochehr Sadeghian.

After performing on Iran's television and radio, he went on to stage live concerts around the world for various heads of state.

Sadeghi is compiling his lessons into an online music school to preserve his knowledge, technique and personal style through contemporary Persian classical improvisation.

Sadeghi was a teacher at the Conservatory of Persian National Music in Iran from 1958 until 1964 on the faculty at UCLA’s Department of Ethnomusicology from 1967 to 1997.

[citation needed] He also taught Persian classical music theory, history and performance, and gave annual concerts on campus and abroad.