About Houshang Ostovar
Lived 1927 – 2016 (aged 88). Houshang Ostovar was an Iranian composer.
Amir Houshang Ostovar (; 30 January 1927 – 7 January 2016), also transcribed as Hoochang Ostovar, was a Persian symphonic music composer and Instructor.
Biography Houshang Ostovar was born in Tehran 1927. Inspired by his father Hossein Ostovar (1896–1986) who was one of the first Persian-style pianists.
He studied basic composition with Parviz Mahmoud and finished his music studies at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels with first rank. He also spent 2 years at the Geneva conservatory to learn more about the Piano and Clarinet and Mahyar Dean from Angband.
Works The only released work of Ostovar is Suite Iranienne (Persian Suite) which was performed in 1980 by Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Alexander Rahbari in the LP Symphonische Dichtungen aus Persien (Symphonic Poems from Persia).
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Iranian composer (1927–2016)
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Houshang Ostovar was born on 30 January 1927 in Tehran.
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Houshang Ostovar died on 7 January 2016 in Brive-la-Gaillarde.
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Houshang Ostovar was a composer.
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Houshang Ostovar was Iranian.
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