Hossein Aslani (Persian: حسین اصلانی) -- also known as Gregory H. Aslani, was an

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American composer. He was born in the Rasht village of Shahghaji of Gilan,

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in 1936 and died on January 28, 2020, in

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. While completing high school and working, he mastered the accordion. He enrolled the international conservatory of music in Tehran in

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in 1958 and studied under

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. Hossein Aslani was also invited to join the national radio Iran as a composer, arranger and pianist in 1965. His work for the radio employed wind instrument ensembles, electric guitar, and percussion. Aslani's first written composition was a piece for piano and orchestra, conducted by Feredun Shahbazian, and performed by the Grand National Radio Orchestra in 1971. A commitment to contemporary music brought Aslani to complete his master's degree in music composition at the State University of New York Conservatory of Music. He maintained a lifelong professional cooperation with his university mentors

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, and

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. His work has remained most inspired by the folkloric music of Gilan and other regions of his motherland Iran, combined with nostalgic melancholy of his early years as well as his extensive research of the works of contemporary composers

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, Bella Bartok,

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and

. Hossein Aslani was the primary subject of the twenty-sixth session of the Pelke Tehran on August 26, 2015. Dr.Mohammad Sarir,

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, Mehran Purmandan, Bijan Zelli,

Ali Ahmadifar Ali Ahmadifar ( fa, علی احمدی‌فر, born 12 July 1976) is an Iranian composer, teacher and researcher. Book * Author of the book "Stylistics of Arvo Pärt music (Persian:سبک شناسی موسیقی آروو پارت)", published 200 ...

and Soroush Riyazi participated in the discussion.

Works

* A piece for brass * A Piece for Piano and Orchestra 1970 * A Piece for Piano and Orchestra 2004 * Beyond Solitude for piano & flute2010 * Bridge2010 * Chahragah for piano * Hope & Hopelessness for solo piano 2005 * Persian Bridge Synthetic-Electronic2003 * Blind Alleys2010 * A piece for brass2010 * Solo for flute * String Quartet * Symbolic Emotion * The moments of solitudes 1971 * The waiting prairie 1970 * The moonlight in the Orchard 1971 * A shadow at midnight 1971 * Her image 1970 * The wandering wave 1970 * The waiting prairie 1970 * The gipsy hoopla 1971 * In the memory * Apprension 1971 * The hallucinating contemplation at night1970 * The moonlit lake tale 1970 * Without thou 1970 * The Saharan wild flowers * The lover's companion 1971 * LIFE Life (2006 for purchase College)

Gallery

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References

{{Reflist 20th-century Iranian musicians Iranian emigrants to the United States