André Hossein
| André Hossein | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Aminoullah Hosseinoff 1905 Samarkand, Samarkand Oblast, Russian Empire |
| Died | 9 August 1983 (aged 77–78) Paris, France |
| Occupation | Composer and tar soloist |
| Spouse(s) | Anna Minevskaya |
| Children | Robert Hossein |
André Hossein, born Aminoullah Husseinov (Persian: امین الله حسین ; Azerbaijani: Əminulla Hüseynov ; Russian: Аминулла Гусейнов 1905, in Samarkand – 9 August 1983, in Paris) was an Iranian/French composer of Neo-Romantic music and a tar soloist residing in France.
His mother was a Persian woman from Samarkand (present-day Uzbekistan) and his father was a merchant from Azerbaijan.
His son, Robert Hossein, has written that André Hossein studied in Moscow, Russia and later in Germany where he attended a music academy in Stuttgart and the Berlin Conservatory from 1934 to 1937. His fascination with pre-Islamic Persia led him to convert to Zoroastrianism. His newfound religion immensely influenced his musical work in symphonies such as "Persian Miniature", "I love my Country", and "Symphony Persepolis". He married Anna Mincovschi, a Jewish comedy actress from Soroca (Bessarabia), who had immigrated to Paris with her parents after the October Revolution. He spent the rest of his life in France. He also studied privately under Paul Antoine Vidal in Conservatoire de Paris.
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