André Hossein

André Aminollah Hossein, born Aminulla Huseynov, also known as Aminollah Hossein (Persian: امین‌الله حسین; Russian: Аминулла Гусейнов 1905, in Samarkand – 9 August 1983, in Paris) was a French composer of Iranian Azerbaijani origin and a tar soloist. 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 ancient Persia led him to convert to Zoroastrianism. His newfound religion immensely influenced his musical works such as "Persian Miniature", "I love my Country", and "Symphony Persepolis". He married Anna Mincovschi, a Jewish comedy actress from Soroca (Bessarabia), who had imm...