Lili Afshar (born in 1338 in Tehran) is an Iranian classical guitar player. She is the first female musician in the world who has earned a doctorate in the field of classical guitar performance. He is a professor of music at the University of Memphis, USA.

biography, diary

Lily Afshar was born on March 18, 1338 in Tehran. His descent is Azeri. She is the first female musician in the world who has earned a doctorate in the field of classical guitar performance. He is the grandson of Reza Afshar, the Minister of Roads during Reza Shah's time. At the age of ten, he became interested in this instrument when he saw him playing the guitar while visiting one of his relatives and started learning the guitar.

Darius Afrasiabi was his first teacher. His grandmother played strings and his father, who was familiar with playing the violin and piano, also encouraged him. As a child, he gave a concert in the German Church and in the Youth Palace. After finishing high school, he went to America in 1355 and continued his studies in the field of music and guitar. Afshar received his bachelor's degree from the Boston Conservatory of Music and went to the New England Conservatory of Music for a master's degree in guitar playing under Neil Anderson. After that, Afshar was able to complete a doctorate under the supervision of Bruce Helsman at Florida State University, and in this way, she became the first woman in the world to receive a doctorate in guitar playing.

Afshar also studied for some time at "Banff Center for Visual Arts" and "Spen Music Festival" and was awarded an honorary diploma of "Kijana Dresi Jena Music Academy" in Italy. Lily Afshar earned her professorship at the University of Memphis in 1989, where she teaches music to undergraduate and graduate students and a doctorate in guitar performance, where she was awarded the university's Distinguished Professor Award in 2000.

Performance and style

Lily Afshar was one of twelve international guitarists chosen to play Andres Segovia's appearance in his advanced classes at the University of Southern California. It was then that after this class Maestro Segovia predicted in an interview on NBC evening news about Afshar that one day he will become a famous musician. His interest in contemporary music led him to be one of the first performers of the works of Reza Valli, Gary Eyster, Gerard Rozhed, Loris Chobanian, Aren Melens, Kamran Injeh, Barbara Kolb, Marilyn Ziffrin and Salvador Brutons among others.

He has held many concerts in Iran, America, England, Ireland, Canada, France, Denmark, Italy, Africa, New Zealand, Australia and South America, as well as in "London Wigmore Hall", "Kennedy Performing Arts Center", "Music Festival" Grand Titan", "Span Music Festival", "Banff School of Visual Arts", "Menton Music Festival" and "American Academy in Rome".

The Washington Post has described Lily Afshar as "incredibly innocent, perfect and remarkable". She also won the Orville H. Award as the best female classical guitarist. Gibson" has been Lily Afshar's articles about Castel Nuovo-Tedesco and Francesco have been published in several languages ​​in Guitar Review, I1 Fronimo, and Guitar and Lute.

In order to perform pieces of Iranian music with classical guitar, Afshar installed a quarter curtain on his instrument.

Teaching in Iran

Lily Afshar traveled to Iran in 2001 after 20 years, and after that, during numerous trips, she has conducted supplementary and group classes for musicians and guitar students in Iran.

Awards and honors

University of Memphis Distinguished Professor Award in 2000

Winner of the annual prize for the best guitar player in the 10th, 11th and 12th years

Winner of the 2000 Oliver H. Gibson Award for Best Female Classical Guitarist

Winner of the Memphis Chapter Award from the National Academy of Arts and Sciences

Winner of the Tennessee Arts Award in Music

Winner of the National Art Award

American Guitar Association first prize winner

Winner of the Grand Prize of the Spanish Music Festival

Winner of the first prize of the National Association of Music Teachers

Winner of the first prize of the National Association of Teachers of String Structures

Membership among the twelve leading guitarists in the world to play in Andres Segovia's band

Effects

Albumology

metamorphosis

Sagar

Transition in Nova

24 Capriccio Goya

Thousand and One Nights

Musica da Camera

Bach for classical guitar

bibliography

Classical guitar lessons from beginner to advanced

Five Iranian folk songs

Bach for classical guitar