Amir Houshang Ostovar (

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

: هوشنگ استوار) (also transcribed as ''Hoochang Ostovar'', January 30, 1927 – January 7, 2016) was a

Persian symphonic music Symphonic music in Iran encompasses Iranian musical pieces composed in the symphonic style. In addition to instrumental compositions, some of Iran's symphonic pieces are based on the country's folk songs, and some are based on poetry of both cla ...

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

and Instructor.

Biography

Houshang Ostovar was born in

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...

1927. Inspired by his father Hossein Ostovar (1896–1986) who was one of the first Persian-style pianists. (Persian)
He studied basic composition with

Parviz Mahmoud Parviz Mahmoud (1910 – 1996) was an Iranian composer and conductor. He was the founder of the Tehran Symphony Orchestra in its modern form. His father Mahmoud Mahmoud (Pahlavi) was a famous Persian writer, researcher and politician. he is son ...

and finished his music studies at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels with first rank, also spend 2 years in Geneva conservatory to learn more about

Piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

and

Clarinet The clarinet is a musical instrument in the woodwind family. The instrument has a nearly cylindrical bore and a flared bell, and uses a single reed to produce sound. Clarinets comprise a family of instruments of differing sizes and pitches ...

Came back to Iran 1952, for many years Ostovar was a professor at the Tehran Conservatory of Music. Mostly performed by the

Tehran Symphony Orchestra The Tehran Symphony Orchestra (TSO, fa, ارکستر سمفونیک تهران), founded in 1933, is Iran's oldest and largest symphony orchestra. It was founded as the ''Municipality Symphony Orchestra'' by Gholamhossein Minbashian, before enteri ...

his works inspired from Persian folk and classical music in a modern form. He is also known as a developer of different genres of western music such as

Jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major ...

in Iran.

A few years after the 1979 Revolution Ostovar moved to France. In 2001 he returned to Tehran and continued his activities as a professor of composition. He has taught many notable musicians like

Ali Tajvidi Ali Tajvidi ( fa, علی تجويدی; November 7, 1919 – March 15, 2006) was an Iranian musician, composer, violinist, songwriter, and music professor at the School of National Music and Tehran University. He composed more than 150 songs and ...

and

Mahyar Dean Mahyar Mohyeddin a.k.a. Mahyar Dean (Persian: مهیار محی الدین ) is a musician, guitarist, guitar instructor, author, and founding member of the Iranian/ American heavy metal act Angband, the first such band to be signed to a label. ...

from

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Works

The only released work of Ostovar is ''Suite Iranienne'' (Persian Suite) which was performed in 1980 by Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra, conducted by

Ali Rahbari Ali (Alexander) Rahbari ( fa, علی رهبری; also Romanized as "Alī Rahbarī", ; born 1948) is an Iranian composer and conductor, who has worked with more than 120 European orchestras, including the Berlin Philharmonic and the Mariinsky Oper ...

in the LP ''

Symphonische Dichtungen aus Persien ''Symphonische Dichtungen aus Persien'' (Symphonic Poems from Persia) is the name of 3 gramophone records recorded with Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra in 1980 conducted by Ali Rahbari. Including works of the Persian (Iranian) contemporary compose ...

'' (Symphonic Poems from Persia).

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