Eastward is an official academic ensemble of Codarts University for the Arts, founded by Arash Badie, an Iranian tar player and composer. The band started its activities as a trio, presenting the compositions of Arash with the usage of eastern and western instrumentation, namely tar, piano, clarinet, double bass and percussion. 

The Eastward’s repertoire comprises of original pieces which are set to a combination of different musical cultures, such as middle eastern, western harmony and musical forms. Eastward consists of professional musicians such as: Panos Skouteris, a Greek wind instrumentalist playing the Clarinet, Italian musician Orlando Cialli playing the piano, Emilio Maggiore, Italian multi-instrumentalist playing the double bass, and Rebal Korkmaz from Syria playing the percussion.