Naseer Shamma (Arabic ,نصير شمه), is a renowned Arab Iraqi musician and oud player. He was born in 1963 in Kut, Iraq, a village on the Tigris River. He began studying the oud at the age of 12 in Baghdad, following in the footsteps of Jamil Bashir and Munir Bashir. When he was 11-years old, Shamma saw an oud for the first time, in the hands of a stylish music teacher. In 1985, Shamma played his own compositions at his first concert, attended by several renowned Iraqi artists.