MAHMOUD, Parvis

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MAHMOUD, Parvis. (Tehran, Iran- ). His father Mahmoud Mahmoud (Pahlavi) was Parvis was son of the Iranian Azerbaijani politician Mahmoud Mahomud, a famous Persian writer, researcher and politician. Parvis received his education as a conductor in Brussels, Belgium, at the Royal Conservatory of Music. He served as the Director of the National Administration of Music and founded the Tehran Symphony Orchestra.

In 1959 he moved to the United States and received his PhD from the University of Indiana. His dissertation was about the theory of Persian music and its relation to Western practice. (1)

Dr. Mahmoud re-established the symphony founded by Edward J. SCHROEDER. Mahmoud served as its only conductor and music director until the selection of Nicholas PALMER.

Mahmoud came to the UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE in 1957 as a professor of music. The university orchestra, featuring student musicians and many guest performers, was expanded into a community-based orchestra beginning with its first concert in February 1960, at the DUBUQUE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL auditorium. The symphony, under Mahmoud's direction, performed at CLARKE COLLEGE in Terence Donoghoe Hall, STEPHEN HEMPSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL, and in the gymnasium at the University of Dubuque. The first performance of the symphony at Five Flags Theater was in February 1976.

Mahmoud's works included:

    "Concerto for Violin & Orchestra"

    "String Quartet in E minor"

    "Persian Suite" for orchestra

    "Kurdish Fantasy" for piano and orchestra

    "Mehregan Suite" for orchestra

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Source:

1. "Parvis Mahmoud," https://wikimili.com/en/Parviz_Mahmoud