Parviz Mahmoud
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Parviz Mahmoud was a Persian composer and conductor. He is the founder of the Tehran Symphony Orchestra in its modern form. His father Mahmoud Mahmoud (Pahlavi) was a famous Persian writer, researcher and politician.
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[edit] Education
Parviz studied composition at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels and for a few years he was professor and director of Tehran Conservatory.
[edit] Immigration to the US
In 1959 he moved to the US and did not continue his musical activities seriously anymore. A few years after the immigration he received his PhD from the University of Indiana. His dissertation was about the theory of Persian music and its relation to Western practice.
[edit] Works
- "Persian Suite" for orchestra
- "Kurdish Fantasy" for piano and orchestra
- "Mehregan Suite" for orchestra
[edit] References:
- Safai, Ebrahim. "History of Tehran Conservatory of Music", Ministry of Culture and Art Publications, Tehran, 1977.
- Sepanta Sassan. "An Outlook to Persian Music", Mashal Publications, Tehran, 1990.
- Akbarzadeh, Pejman. "Persian Musicians", Vol.1, Navid-e Shiraz Publications, 2000.
