Parviz Mahmoud
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Parviz Mahmoud (1910 – 1996) was an
Iranian Iranian may refer to: * Iran, a sovereign state * Iranian peoples, the speakers of the Iranian languages. The term Iranic peoples is also used for this term to distinguish the pan ethnic term from Iranian, used for the people of Iran * Iranian lan ...
composer and conductor. He was the founder of 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 ...
in its modern form. His father Mahmoud Mahmoud (Pahlavi) was a famous Persian writer, researcher and politician. he is son of the Iranian Azerbaijani politician
Mahmud Mahmud Mahmud Mahmud ( fa, محمود محمود; 1881–1965) was an Iranian politician and historian. He served as Governor of Tehran, Member of Parliament, and Minister of Post and Telegraph. He also was active academically. He wrote many articles a ...
.


Education

Parviz studied composition at the
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and for a few years he was professor and director of Tehran Conservatory.


Immigration to the US

In 1959 he moved to the
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and did not continue his musical activities seriously anymore. A few years after immigrating he received his PhD from the
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. His dissertation was about the theory of Persian music and its relation to Western practice. In 1958, he became the director of the symphony orchestra of the University of Dubuque in Iowa, which became the Dubuque Symphony Orchestra in 1963. He was its conductor until 1985.


Works

* "Concerto for Violin & Orchestra" * "String Quartet in E minor" * "Persian Suite" for orchestra * "Kurdish Fantasy" for piano and orchestra * "Mehregan Suite" for orchestra


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), Nadid Publications, Shiraz / Tehran, 2000. {{DEFAULTSORT:Mahmoud, Parviz Iranian composers Iranian conductors (music) Iranian Azerbaijanis People from Tehran Royal Conservatory of Brussels alumni 1910 births 1996 deaths 20th-century conductors (music) 20th-century composers