Hossein Aslani

[1][2] [3] [4][5][6][7] He was born in the Rasht village of Shahghaji of Gilan, Iran in 1936 and died on January 28, 2020, in Rockland County of New York, United States.

[citation needed] Hossein Aslani was also invited to join the national radio Iran as a composer, arranger and pianist in 1965.

He maintained a lifelong professional cooperation with his university mentors Dary John Mizelle, Joel Thome, and Steven Lubin.

[citation needed] His work has remained most inspired by the folkloric music of Gilan and other regions of his motherland Iran, combined with nostalgic melancholy of his early years as well as his extensive research of the works of contemporary composers Charles Ives, Aaron Copland, Igor Stravinsky, John Cage, Bella Bartok, Leonard Bernstein and Houshang Ostovar.

[8] Dr. Mohammad Sarir, Nader Mashayekhi, Mehran Purmandan, Bijan Zelli, Ali Ahmadifar and Soroush Riyazi participated in the discussion.