About Javad Maroufi
Lived 1912 – 1993 (aged 80–81). Javad Maroufi was an Iranian composer, conductor and pianist.
Javād Ma'roufi , (1912 in Tehran – December 7, 1993, in Tehran) was an Iranian composer and pianist.
Biography Javād Ma'roufi was born in Tehran to the musician father Musā Ma'roufi and mother Ozrā Ma'roufi (or Ezra Ma'roufi) who were both distinguished pupils of Darvish Khan, a renowned music master of the time in Iran. Javād Ma'roufi lost his mother at a young age, and consequently grew up with his paternal family. He was taught in music first by his father, playing both the tar and the violin. At age fourteen, he attended the Academy of Music of which Ali-Naqi Vaziri was the director and where he studied the piano under the music master Tatiana Kharatian. During this period he studied works by Chopin, Mozart, Beethoven and Bach.
His more well-known compositions include "Jila Fantasy", "Golden dreams", and "Ashura".
Death Ma'roufi died in the morning of Tuesday 7 December 1993 (16 Āzar 1372 AH) in a hospital in Tehran.
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Iranian musician (1912–1993)
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Javad Maroufi was born in 1912 in Tehran.
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Javad Maroufi was a composer, conductor and pianist.
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