Vesal Arabzadeh was born in Tehran. He acquired the elementary knowledge of playing setar from Ali Bayani. Then he mastered the whole knowledge of Iranian traditional music´s Radif (Mirza Abdolah´s Radif) from Daryoosh Talaii; meanwhile, he was trained to play some old pieces from the mentioned instructor. He benefited from Mohammad Reza Lotfi´s teachings during his two travels to Iran in the 70s. In 1376, he began to practice and further his knowledge of the old and contemporary pieces of A.Saba, S,Hormozi, Y.Forootan, H.Alizadeh, M.R.Lotfi, etc. from Masood Shoari, and then, familiarising himself with the method of Saba´s setar playing, he took lessons from Ramin Jazayeri. In 1378, he made acquaintance with Keyhan Kalhor and that made him pay more attention to improvisation in playing the setar and perceive the importance of solo performance in Iranian music.

In 1380, he entered The Music Faculty of Soreh, during which he passed the specialized instrument course(the setar) with Hamid Sokooti. Afterwards, he was trained to play some of Parviz Meshkatian´s pieces from Behdad Babaii and got familiar with other technics in setar playing. He mentions that B.Babaii ultimately helped him to gain more insight and understanding into music. Infact, he feels indebted to M.Shoari, B.Babaii, and K.Kalhor.

In 1380, at the college student`s music festival, he obtained the first prize in playing the setar, and from 1379 until 1382 was the permanent member of The Music Protection and Research Center. There, he proceeded with Hormozi´s method of setar playing, which, from years ago, he had much interest in, and tried to imitate Hormozi´s method as best as he could. Furthermore, he published some articles on Iranian traditional music in music journals and daily newspapers and is one of the first music critics who has been writing various critical essays concerning Iranian music since 1377. He collaborated with M.Shoari by doing research for his book, Ganjine ye setar, and became more proficient in writing the musical notes of the classic works and pieces of setar playing.

In 1385, he founded the music band, Mahtabroo, and performed in some concerts in collaboration with the mentioned band in Fajr music festival, Tehran, and other provinces.

He has been training a lot of art students in setar playing since 1375, and has been instructing at music faculties and universities since 1382.

Currently, he studies   for an M.A degree in playing Iranian music at The State University of Fine Arts in Tehran.