Piano and Violin Recital:
Tara Kamangar,Piano Virgil Boutellis-Taft, Violin
French composers have long been inspired by their idea of the Orient, and Western classical music first arrived in Iran via France. The modern piano arrived in Persia in 1806, as a gift from Napoleon to the court of Fath-Ali Shah Qajar. A half-century later, the court of Nasser Al-Din Shah sent for French musician Alfred Lemaire to revamp the military orchestras, teach piano and Western music theory, and write the first national anthem. Lemaire lived for the remainder of his life in Tehran, but sent his piano arrangements of Persian music back to Paris, where Orientalism was in vogue.
Ali-Naqi Vaziri studied in France with Paul Vidal, himself a student of Massenet, before returning to Iran to set up its first conservatory. Aminollah Hossein also studied with Paul Vidal, as well as with Noel Gallon and Alfred Cortot at the Paris Conservatory, and went on to compose several piano, chamber and orchestral works in France with sponsorship from the Iranian Ministry of Culture.
This program features works by French composers facing East, and Iranian composers facing West, showing how they mutually influenced one another.
This event is made possible by the generous support of Farhang Foundation.
If you have questions, please email us at pacsa@usc.edu

Time: April 5, 2015 from 6pm to 8pm
Location: Joyce J. Cammilleri Hall at University of Southern California
Street: 3620A McClintock Avenue
City/Town: Los Angeles, CA 90089
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Phone: 310-666-1546
Event Type: farhang, foundation, pacsa, piano, and, violin, recital
Organized By: Farhang Foundation and PACSA