- Javad Maroufi
Javād Ma'roufi (1912,
Tehran —December 7 , 1993, Tehran), (PerB| جواد معروفی ) was a celebratedIran iancomposer andpianist .Biography
Javād Ma'roufi was born in Tehran to the musician father Musā Ma'roufi and mother Ozrā Ma'roufi (or "Ezra" Ma'roufi) who both were distinguished pupils of
Darvish Khan , a renowned music master of the time in Iran. Javād Ma'roufi lost his mother at young age, [The biography from which this information has been drawn indicates that Javād Ma'roufi was five years old when his sister "Narges Ma'roufi" was born and that Ms Ozrā Ma'roufi died "several years later". See the biographical section of the Official Website of [http://www.javad-maroufi.com "Ostād Javād Ma'roufi"] .] and consequently grew up in his paternal family. He was taught in music first by his father, playing both the tar and theviolin . At fourteen he attended the Academy of Music of whichAli-Naqi Vaziri was the director and where he studied thepiano under the music master Tatiana Kharatian (تاتیانا خاراطیان). During this period he studied works byChopin ,Mozart ,Beethoven andBach . In addition to studyingwestern classical music , he studiedPersian classical music underAli-Naqi Vaziri .Javād Ma'roufi married at eighteen with Shams Zamān (شـمس زمان). They had four children, two daughters — Sho'kooh-Zamān (شکوه زمان), also known as Giti (گـیتی), and Jilā (ژیلا) — and two sons, Manouchehr (منوچهر), and Farhād (فـرهاد).
Javād Ma'roufi was one of the most notable composers of the
Persian classical music and one of the first pianists who wrote Persian pieces for the piano. Amongst his celebrated pieces are "Khābhā-ye Talā'i" "(Golden Dreams)" and "Jilā".Javād Ma'roufi died in the morning of Tuesday 7 December 1993 (16 Āzar 1372 AH) in a hospital in Tehran.
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*fa icon [http://www.javad-maroufi.com Official Website of Ostād Javād Ma'roufi]
* [http://www.rkac.com/people/jmarufi.htm Javad Maroufi webpage at Rouhollah Khaleghi Artistic Center] ( [http://www.rkac.com "Kanun-e Honari-e Rouhollah Khaleghi"] )
* [http://www.iranian.com/Music/Maroufi/ Extracts from his music on Iranian.com]
* [http://www.mehrnews.com/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=42703 An article about Javad Maroufi]
* [http://www.iran-daily.com/1384/2285/pdf/i5.pdf Iran Daily article about Javad Maroufi] (PDF )
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