Javad Maroufi
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| birth_date = 1912
| birth_place = Tehran, Iran
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| genre = Persian classical
| occupation = Composer, pianist
| instrument = Piano
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Javād Ma'roufi ({{langx|fa| جواد معروفی }}), (1912 in Tehran – December 7, 1993, in Tehran) was an Iranian composer and pianist.
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 were both distinguished pupils of Darvish Khan, a renowned music master of the time in Iran. Javād Ma'roufi lost his mother at a 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 with his paternal family. He was taught in music first by his father, playing both the tar and the violin. At age fourteen, he attended the Academy of Music of which Ali-Naqi Vaziri was the director and where he studied the piano under the music master Tatiana Kharatian. During this period he studied works by Chopin, Mozart, Beethoven and Bach.
His more well-known compositions include "Jila Fantasy", "Golden dreams", and "Ashura".{{Cite web |date=2005-12-08 |title=Javad Ma'roufi, Symbol of Iranian Piano |url=http://www.mehrnews.com/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=42703 |access-date=2023-10-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051208053312/http://www.mehrnews.com/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=42703 |archive-date=2005-12-08 }}
Death
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External links
- {{in lang|fa}} [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] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070706194947/http://www.rkac.com/people/jmarufi.htm |date=2007-07-06 }} ([http://www.rkac.com Kanun-e Honari-e Rouhollah Khaleghi] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125010432/http://www.rkac.com/ |date=2021-01-25 }})
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20051208053312/http://www.mehrnews.com/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=42703 An article about Javad Maroufi]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927231822/http://www.iran-daily.com/1384/2285/pdf/i5.pdf Iran Daily article about Javad Maroufi] (PDF)
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Category:Musicians from Tehran
Category:20th-century pianists
Category:20th-century Iranian composers
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