The documentary film, “Classical Persian Music – Hossein Omoumi from Isfahan to Irvine”, was successfully premiered along with an educational concert by Professor Hossein Omoumi and his students on May 22, 2016, at the University of California Irvine. Funded in part with a grant from Roshan Cultural Heritage Institute, the documentary introduces the history and beauty of classical Persian music through Professor Hossein Omoumi’s innovations in education and musical technology. Dr. Omoumi, Maseeh Professor of Persian Performing Arts at the University of California, Irvine, is an internationally recognized musician, master of the Persian reed flute (ney), teacher and scholar. He has made it his life’s mission to provide global access to classical Persian music.
Following the success of the May premiere, with 250 in attendance, Professor Omoumi has been invited to bring the same program to the University of Maryland, College Park, on October 18; Swarthmore College on October 20; Oklahoma University on November 5; Oklahoma State University on November 6; and to London and Tehran the second half of November.
