Aminollah Hossein

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Aminollah (André) Hossein (Persian: امين الله حسين , born 1905 in Samarkand, died 9 August 1983 in Paris) was a celebrated Persian (Iranian) composer of Neo-Romantic music and a tar soloist.

His mother was Persian and his father was one of Qafqaz immigrants to Persia. Aminollah Hossein lived for a few years in Persia (Iran) before he left the country for his academic studies.

1 Education
2 Works
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Education

He studied in Russia, and Germany where he attended the German music academy of Stuttgart and the conservatory of Berlin from 1934 to 1937. He also studied privately under Paul Antoine Vidal in the conservatory of Paris, France, where he lived the rest of his life.

[edit] Works

In 1935 he wrote his first ballet, Towards the Light. He also composed numerous pieces for the piano, including some études. Aminollah's love for his native Iran is evident in many of his works, especially The Symphony of Persepolis (also known as The Rubble of the Forgotten Empire), which he finished in 1947. Aminollah Hossein also made a symphony on Khayyám poems in 1951.

Other works by him include three piano concertos, Persian Miniature, Scheherezade (Shahrzad), and Arya Symphony. He also composed some film scores, including films directed by his son Robert Hossein, the Paris-born actor and director.