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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 entering its modern form under Parviz Mahmoud in 1946. In the years that followed, conductors such as Rubik (Ruben) Gregorian,
In the golden age of the orchestra, many notable musicians like
The orchestra still plays concerts once in a while.
* Parviz Mahmoud (1946–1948)
* Rouben Gregorian (1948–1951)
*
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Morteza Hannaneh
Morteza Hannaneh ( fa, مرتضی حنانه; March 1, 1923 – October 17, 1989) was an Iranian composer and
Musician
He composed for some films, such as '' Fleeing the Trap'' in 1971.
Musical career
He studied Horn at the Tehran Conservatory ...
, Haymo Taeuber, Heshmat Sanjari, and Farhad Meshkat took over as the conductors of the Orchestra.
After the 1979 Revolution
The Iranian Revolution ( fa, انقلاب ایران, Enqelâb-e Irân, ), also known as the Islamic Revolution ( fa, انقلاب اسلامی, Enqelâb-e Eslâmī), was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynas ...
, many musicians of the TSO emigrated to Europe and the US. For some years Heshmat Sanjari and then Fereydoun Nasseri were the conductors. The current conductor of TSO is Shardad Rohani
1933 - 1979
In the golden age of the orchestra, many notable musicians like Yehudi Menuhin
Yehudi or Jehudi (Hebrew: יהודי, endonym for Jew) is a common Hebrew name:
* Yehudi Menuhin (1916–1999), violinist and conductor
** Yehudi Menuhin School, a music school in Surrey, England
** Who's Yehoodi?, a catchphrase referring to t ...
and Isaac Stern
Isaac Stern (July 21, 1920 – September 22, 2001) was an American violinist.
Born in Poland, Stern came to the US when he was 14 months old. Stern performed both nationally and internationally, notably touring the Soviet Union and China, and ...
played with the orchestra.
1979 - present
After the 1979 Iranian revolution, clerics outlawed all pre-revolutionary music, hardline clerics say music comes between the faithful and God, and leads to an impure mind. As a result, the orchestra faced its darkest age, playing only a few concerts in the decade following the revolution. The pressure caused the conductor Heshmat Sanjari a serious sickness, he died in 1995.The orchestra still plays concerts once in a while.
Principal conductors
* Parviz Mahmoud (1946–1948)
* Rouben Gregorian (1948–1951)
* Morteza Hannaneh
Morteza Hannaneh ( fa, مرتضی حنانه; March 1, 1923 – October 17, 1989) was an Iranian composer and
Musician
He composed for some films, such as '' Fleeing the Trap'' in 1971.
Musical career
He studied Horn at the Tehran Conservatory ...
(1952–1954)
* Haymo Taeuber (1957–1960)
* Heshmat Sanjari (1960–1971)
* Farhad Meshkat (1972–1978)
* Bijan Ghaderi (1980-1982)
* Nader Mortezapour (1982–1984)
* Fereydoun Nasseri (1990–1994)
* 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 Ope ...
(2004–2005)
* Nader Mashayekhi (2006–2007)
* Manuchehr Sahbai (2007–2010)
* 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 Ope ...
(2015–2016)
* Shahrdad Rohani (2016–2020)
* Nassir Heidarian-Rasty (2020-present)
* Wolfgang Wengenroth (Guest Conductor 2022)
See also
* Persian symphonic music *Music of Iran
The music of Iran encompasses music that is produced by Iranian artists. In addition to the traditional folk and classical genres, it also includes pop and internationally celebrated styles such as jazz, rock, and hip hop.
Iranian music infl ...
* Iran's National Orchestra
*Iranian Orchestra for New Music
The Iranian Orchestra for New Music was founded by maestro Alireza Mashayekhi in 1995.Bob Gluck, “A New East-West Synthesis: Conversations with Iranian Composer Alireza Mashayekhi.” The orchestra performs works using both Persian and non-Persi ...
* Persepolis Symphony Orchestra (Nations Orchestra)
* Symphonic Orchestra of Dushanbe
* Iran's Children Orchestra
References
External links
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