Background
Houshang Ostovar was born in Tehran 1927. Inspired by his father Hossein Ostovar (1896–1986) who was one of the first Persian-style pianists.
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Houshang Ostovar
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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.
Career
Came back to Iran 1957, for many years Ostovar was a professor at the Tehran Conservatory of Music. 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.
