Hormoz Farhat
Hormoz Farhat (Persian: هرمز فرهت; 9 August 1928 – 16 August 2021) was a Persian-American[1] composer and ethnomusicologist who spent much of his career in Dublin, Ireland. An emeritus professor of music, he was a fellow of Trinity College, Dublin.[2][3] Described by the Irish Times as a “a gifted and distinctive composer of contemporary classical music,” his compositions include orchestral, concertante, piano and choral music, as well string quartets and chamber works.[4] He also wrote numerous film scores, including that of Dariush Mehrjui‘s 1969 film The Cow.[4] However, his musicological research dominates his legacy; his writings on the music of Iran—a country which he insisted be called ‘Persia’—were pivotal in ethnomusicology, particularly his acclaimed 1990 study The Dastgah Concept in Persian Musi… more
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Hormoz Farhat, who has died aged 93, was a gifted and distinctive composer of contemporary classical music, and a much-loved and revered teacher during his tenure as Professor of Music at Trinity College, Dublin (TCD), from 1982 until 1995. An expert on the ethnomusicology of his native Iran he gave up his post as Professor of Music at the University of Tehran…. more
Hormoz Farhat was born in 1928 in Tehran. He was the first Iranian artist to study music at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he received a bachelor’s degree in music in 1953… more
Chair of Music at Trinity College Dublin (1982-1995), Professor Farhat is remembered for his pathbreaking volume The Dastgah Concept in Persian Music (Cambridge UP), for his compositions and for his professional work as a university teacher in Iran, in the US (including a period as associate professor at UCLA), and in Ireland…. more
Hormoz Farhat was born in Iran. He studied music at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and Mills College, California, graduating with the degrees of BA in music, MA in composition and PhD in composition and ethnomusicology. His composition teachers included Darius Milhaud, Lukas Foss and Roy Harris…. more