Hossein Omoumi

Hossein 'Omoumi Was Born In Isfahãn Iran And Began His Musical Education Singing With His Father. At The Age Of Fourteen He Began To Study The Ney The Traditional Reed Flute Of Iran. In 1962 Omoumi Entered The National University Of Iran To Study Architecture But Also Played The Ney In Musical Competitions Later Entering The National Conservatory Of Music In Tehran. His Performance Career Has Included Appearances At Many Of The Major Festivals And Concert Halls In Europe And The United States Including San Francisco’s World Music Festival UCLA’s Schoenberg Hall And Wadsworth Theater The Getty Center In Los Angeles The World Music Institute And Asia Society In New York And Theatre De La Ville In Paris. Omoumi Is A Noted Scholar And Teacher Of Persian Music Having Served On The National Conservatory And Tehran University In Tehran Centre For Oriental Music Studies Of Sorbonne University In Paris UCLA And The Ethnomusicology Department Of The University Of Washington In Seattle. He Is Now Maseeh Professor In Persian Performing Arts Of Music At The University Of California Irvine UCI. He Is Also An Architect Having Received His Doctorate From The University Of Florence Italy. *Official Website read less