Parviz Mahmoud was a Persian

Persian people

The Persian people are part of the Iranian peoples who speak the modern Persian language and closely akin Iranian dialects and languages. The origin of the ethnic Iranian/Persian peoples are traced to the Ancient Iranian peoples, who were part of the ancient Indo-Iranians and themselves part of...

 composer and conductor. He was the founder of the Tehran Symphony Orchestra

Tehran Symphony Orchestra

Tehran Symphony Orchestra was founded originally as "Municipality Symphony Orchestra" in 1933 by Gholamhossein Minbashian.The Orchestra in its modern form was founded by Parviz Mahmoud...

 in its modern form. His father Mahmoud Mahmoud (Pahlavi) was a famous Persian writer, researcher and politician.

Education

Parviz studied composition at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels

Royal Conservatory of Brussels

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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 US and did not continue his musical activities seriously anymore. A few years after the immigration he received his PhD

PHD

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 from the University of Indiana. His dissertation was about the theory of Persian music and its relation to Western practice.

Works

• "Persian Suite" for orchestra
• "Kurdish Fantasy" for piano and orchestra
• "Mehregan Suite" for orchestra