Negar Bouban (Persian: نگار بوبان, also transliterated as Negâr Boubân or Negar Buban) (born Tehran, Iran, 1973) is an Iranian oud and barbat player and student of Mansour Nariman, best known for playing Iranian folk music and improvisational works.

[1] She is an assistant professor in the music department of the Islamic Azad University, Shiraz branch.

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.