Houshang Ostovar

Amir Houshang Ostovar (Persian: هوشنگ استوار) (also transcribed as Hoochang Ostovar) is 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, also spend 2 years in Geneva conservatory to learn more about Piano and Clarinet
Came back to Iran 1957, for many years Ostovar was a professor at the Tehran Conservatory of Music. Mostly performed by he Tehran Symphony Orchestra his works inspired from Persian folk and classical music in a modern form. He is also known as a developer of different genres of western music such as Jazz in Iran.

A few years after the 1979 Revolution Ostovar moved to France. In 2001 he returned to Tehran and continued his activities as a professor of composition. He has thought many notable musicians like Ali Tajvidi and Mahyar Dean from Angband.