About Hossein Omoumi
Born 1944. Hossein Omoumi is an Iranian and American composer, flautist, professor, scholar and musician.
Infobox musical artist name = Hossein Omoumi native_name = Øسین عمومی native_name_lang = fa birth_date = is an Iranian-born master musician of the ney (reed flute), composer, scholar, and teacher of Persian traditional music. He is the Maseeh Professor in Persian Performing Arts in the department of music within the Claire Trevor School of the Arts, at the University of California, Irvine (UCI).
Biography Omoumi started studying at the age of 14 the ney, the traditional reed flute of Iran; Early in his career he taught at the National Conservatory of Music in Iran. In 1997, Omoumi played the ney for The Sweet Hereafter soundtrack (1997).
His students have included Alireza Ghorbani, and Hesam Abedini.
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Iranian musician
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Hossein Omoumi was born in 1944 in Isfahan.
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Hossein Omoumi is a composer, flautist, professor, scholar and musician.
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Hossein Omoumi is Iranian and American.
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