 Hormoz Farhat

Hormoz Farhat (, born 9 August, 1930) is a Persian-American composer, ethnomusicologist and emeritus professor of music, a fellow of Trinity College, Dublin.Born in Tehran, Persia/Iran, Farhat started to study violin with Vahe Djingouzian in Tehran but later moved to the United States and received a BA in music from the University of California, Los Angeles, UCLA (1953), an MA in composition from Mills College, California (1955), and a Ph.D. in composition and ethnomusicology from UCLA (1965).