Pouya Saraei (Persian: پویا سرایی) is an Iranian composer, arranger, conductor,[4] lecturer,[5] music critic, researcher, and musician.

[6][7] Saraei began playing the santur at age seven, taking lessons from Javad Bathaie, Faramarz Payvar, Hossein Alizadeh, Pashang Kamkar, Dariush Talai, Mostafa Kamal Pourtorab, Hassan Riahi, Sharif Lotfi, Farid Omran, Majid Derakhshani, and Mohammad-Reza Lotfi.

[1] He has composed and arranged several works, including Gahi, Segahi, a Persian traditional music album.

He has played with the Eshtiagh Orchestra and Alireza Ghorbani in Iran,[11] as well as in music festivals in Switzerland, China, and France.

He is also one of the speakers and performers in international conference of persian music at Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg in Germany.