REMEMBERING DR. ASSAD MEYMANDI
The North Carolina Symphony is saddened by the passing of Dr. Assad Meymandi. He played a pivotal role in the Symphony’s life, not only in providing the city of Raleigh with funds to develop Meymandi Concert Hall, but also in watching over his beloved orchestra at each Friday and Saturday performance since the hall opened in 2001. We will miss him immensely and will honor his memory at a performance at Meymandi Concert Hall in the Fall.
Assad Meymandi, M.D.
MAY 11, 1934 – MAY 10, 2024
Dr. Assad Meymandi, a philanthropist whose generosity helped advance the cultural life of Raleigh and North Carolina for more than a quarter century, died early on the morning of May 10 after a lengthy illness.
He was 89 (1 day shy of 90).
A psychiatrist who also held doctorates in philosophy and biochemistry, Meymandi endowed the Meymandi Concert Hall in downtown Raleigh — named for his mother, Kobra Meymandi — that has been home to the N.C. Symphony since 2001, created chairs in several fields of study at the University of North Carolina, and funded a gallery in honor of his father, Farajollah Meymandi, at the N.C. Museum of Art.