André Hossein
André Hossein, born Aminoullah Hosseinoff on February 2, 1905, in Samarkand,
Russian Empire, died August 9, 1983, in Paris, France, was a French composer,
conductor, and tar soloist of Iranian Azerbaijani descent. Hossein studied music
in Moscow, Germany, and at the Conservatoire de Paris under Noël Gallon, Paul
Vidal, and Alfred Cortot. Settling in France, Hossein composed his first ballet,
Towards the Light, in 1935, and developed a fusion of Persian modal traditions
with Western symphonic form, composed in works including Symphony of Persepolis
in 1947 and Symphony on Khayyam ...
