Background
His father Mahmoud Mahmoud (Pahlavi) was a famous Persian writer, researcher and politician. He is son of the Iranian Azerbaijani politician Mahmud Mahmud.
His father Mahmoud Mahmoud (Pahlavi) was a famous Persian writer, researcher and politician. He is son of the Iranian Azerbaijani politician Mahmud Mahmud.
Parviz studied composition at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels and for a few years he was professor and director of Tehran Conservatory.
In 1959 he moved to the United States and did not continue his musical activities seriously anymore. A few years after immigrating he received his Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Indiana. His dissertation was about the theory of Persian music and its relation to Western practice.