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	Lily Afshar Interview
		Lily Afshar: I had met him backstage after a concert in Boston years before, just to shake his hand and get his autograph, but the master class was the first time I sat next to him and played for him.
		Lily Afshar: They are interested, I have a lot of women in my classes in Iran, a lot, but the thing is, they have to seriously pursue it in college if they want to perform at a professional level, and that means a lot of sacrifices have to be made.
		Lily Afshar: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco had actually gone to the Museo del Prado in Madrid with his grandparents when he was a teenager and when he wrote the pieces many years later he had a book of Goya's Los Caprichos that included "Capricho 81", which Goya had removed from the collection.
	www.modernguitars.com /archives/002475.html (8781 words)

	NPR : Classical Guitarist Traverses 'Hemispheres'
		All Things Considered, July 25, 2006 · Originally from Iran, classical guitarist Lily Afshar stayed in the United States after the Islamic revolution in her homeland.
		Her father was a pianist and violinist, and encouraged his daughter to pursue classical guitar.
		Afshar talks to Robert Siegel about how her father presented her with her first guitar, the qualities and traditions of Persian music and the only concert she ever cancelled.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=5581544 (190 words)

	The Modern Magazine for Persian Music, Celebrations, Cuisine, Culture & Community
		Born in Tehran, Lily Afshar belongs to a the talented breed of Iranian musicians who is challenging her industry by staying on the edge.
		Afshar speaks to us about her life passions and how she managed to get to where she is today.
		Lily Afshar: I was born in Tehran and went to school there until 1977 when I moved to the States.
	persianmirror.com /community/2004/music/interviewLilyAfsharcfm.cfm (703 words)

	Archer Records : Lily Afshar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Lily Afshar is like a breath of fresh air in the world of classical guitar.
		Lily Afshar has four recordings to her credit which have attracted international critical acclaim.
		Afshar introduced quarter tones on her latest recording (“Hemispheres”, 2006) which was occasioned by the addition of fretlets to her guitar to accurately reproduce the tones.
	www.archerrecords.com /artists/lily_afshar (683 words)

	Lily Afshar
		Guitarist Lily Afshar, hailed by the Washington Post as "remarkable, impeccable," is head of the guitar program at the University of Memphis.
		Born in Tehran, Dr. Afshar came to the United States in 1977 to pursue guitar studies at the Boston Conservatory of Music, where she was the first guitarist to be awarded a scholarship.
		Afshar serves on the music faculty at University of Memphis, where she has been honored with the university’s Eminent Faculty Award.
	www.zohourian.com /Composer%20Biography/Afshar-Lily.htm (371 words)

	Lily Afshar, Classical Guitar :: Rudi E Scheidt School of Music :: University of Memphis
		Lily Afshar, Classical Guitar :: Rudi E Scheidt School of Music :: University of Memphis
		Lily Afshar, Professor of Guitar, is the recipient of the University of Memphis 2000 Board of Visitors Eminent Faculty Award, winner of the 2000 Orville H. Gibson Award for Best Female Classical Guitarist and recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts Recording Award.
		Her Five Popular Persian Ballads are published by Mel Bay, Inc. Her CD's 24 Caprichos de Goya, A Jug of Wine and Thou, Possession, and her recent release Hemispheres, which was on the top of Billboard's Classical album chart are available from Archer Records and Summit Records.
	music.memphis.edu /afshar.htm (191 words)

	The Expanding Universe Of Lily Afshar :: The Memphis Flyer :: the mid-south's news weekly :: Music Features :: Music
		Afshar's "here and now" changes constantly -- the music is dark and suave yet colored by flashes of joy, melancholy, tenderness, and fury.
		Afshar says that her silent collaborator on this project, producer and label-owner Archer, gave her the time to develop the pieces as she felt necessary, including experiments with microphone placement.A veteran of the local recording scene since 1979, Archer decided to employ a Memphis-style method of recording.
		Afshar is currently in the middle of a world tour that takes her to the Northeast, California, Vancouver, Illinois, Iran, Paraguay, Germany, New Zealand, and Australia, during which she'll be playing music from all three of her albums and conducting master classes for guitarists.
	www.memphisflyer.com /memphis/Content?oid=2485 (1162 words)

	iranian.com: Music, Lily Afshar
		The result is "Hemispheres", an intriguing collection of pieces performed by Afshar and written or arranged by international composers including Reza Vali, Ricardo Moyano, Gerard Drozd, Carlo Domeniconi, John Schneider, Leo Brouwer, Garry Eister and Morteza Neydavood.
		Lily Afshar's "Hemispheres" presents a truly original sound (including the incorporation of quarter tones) that promises to be a significant addition to the contemporary classical guitar repertory >>> Archer Records
		But this time around, Afshar is making a bid to capture "the here and now" of classical guitar, in her own words.
	www.iranian.com /Music/Afshar/index.html (305 words)

	CD Reviews CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO: 24 CAPRICHOS DE GOYA by Jim Tosone. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Afshar's performance is characterized by a warm, rich sound that brings out both the stateliness and mystery of the piece.
		Afshar's performance of Capricho No. 5, El amor y la muerte, is particularly noteworthy in that she captures the rhythmic feel of the tango in the repeated chords used throughout the piece.
		Afshar plays this final piece with a similar feeling to the first piece, since the two pieces have in common a musical motto on Goya's name and a fugue.
	www.staffordguitar.com /tosone2.asp (553 words)

	Archer Records : Lily Afshar
		Afshar's performance of the extraordinary Introduction, Passacaglia, and Fugue for the Golden Flower is especially powerful.
		On Possession, Lily Afshar brings an understated sweetness to the richly melancholic romantic miniature.
		Afshar's performance is stunning; bringing the music to life with captivating emotional breadth.
	www.archer-records.com /artists/lily_afshar/press.asp (388 words)

	Iranian guitarist Lily Afshar performs piece for peace in Lebanon
		TEHRAN, Aug. 4 (Mehr News Agency) -- Iranian guitarist Lily Afshar performed a piece for peace in Lebanon during her concert at Tehran's Vahdat Hall on Thursday night.
		Afshar previously gave a benefit concert for the quake-stricken city of Bam in London at Notting Hill's 20th Century Theater.
		She was the first Iranian woman to earn a doctorate in guitar performance, which she received from Florida State University.
	www.payvand.com /news/06/aug/1053.html (88 words)

	Guitarra Magazine Reviews - Lily Afshar Master Class
		Lily reminded him about the importance of stopping open bass notes that were sustaining too long.
		Lily thought that he had too much motion and that his fourth finger was not curved enough.
		In the rasgueado section of the piece, she said, the player must convey the angry and crazed state of mind of the protaganist in the Poe story, "The Fall of the House of Usher." "You must be like an actor and feel the different I moods of the piece to bring out the music."
	www.guitars-of-spain.com /issue37/p18.asp (787 words)

	Possession by Lily Afshar on payplay.fm: $0.77/track, $7.77/album
		Afshar is making a bid on this album to capture "the here and now" of classical guitar.
		Known around the world for her powerful and adventurous performances, Lily Afshar is fulfilling Andrés Segovia's prediction that she would become "a beautiful celebrity." She has performed as soloist with numerous orchestras and premiered works to sold out halls in Europe, Asia, North and South America, Central America, Africa and Australia.
		Afshar regularly conducts master classes in conjunction with her touring.
	payplay.fm /afshar (403 words)

	Archer Records : News
		Lily Afshar played to a standing room only crowd at her pre-release party June 1st, before leaving for Aspen and another trip to her native Iran.
		Lily Afshar has just returned from a month long visit to Iran where she gave three concerts and taught master classes for over 100 guitarists who came from all over the country to study with her.
		Lily Afshar's Guitar recital at the Wigmore Hall on 18 March provided an extremely well thought-out and fresh sense of programming, illustrating many different sides of her impressive talents on this instrument.
	www.archerrecords.com (1966 words)

	Lily Afshar
		Lily is the Head of the Guitar Program at the University of Memphis where she was awarded the 2000 Eminent Faculty Award.
		Lily Afshar's articles on "Castelnuovo-Tedesco and Goya" are published multi-lingually by Gitarre and Laute, Guitar Review, and Il "Fronimo".
		Born in Tehran, Dr. Afshar holds degrees in Guitar Performance from the Boston Conservatory of Music, the New England Conservatory of Music, and Florida State University.
	www.darwinguitar.com /2002/Bios%20htm/Afsh.htm (325 words)

	Memphis Music. Memphis Film. Memphis Art - Live From Memphis!!! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Known around the world for her powerful and adventurous performances, Lily Afshar is fulfilling Andres Segovia’s prediction that she would become “a beautiful celebrity.” She has performed as soloist with numerous orchestras as well as premiered works to sold out halls in Europe, Asia, North and South America, Central America, Africa and Australia.
		Currently, Lily serves as head of the University of Memphis guitar program where she received the 2000 Board of Visitors Eminent Faculty Award.
		Lily regularly conducts master classes in conjunction with her touring.
	www.livefrommemphis.com /memdir/profile?directoryProfileID=677 (437 words)

	The Alamo Store: Lily Afshar - Hemispheres (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Internationally renowned classical guitarist Lily Afshar has recorded her fourth and most impressive CD to date: Hemispheres.
		True to form, Dr. Afshar has broadened the guitar's capabilities by having new music written for it but also by altering the guitar itself.
		Leave it to Afshar to think of something no one else has thought of and to bring the guitar to a whole new level.
	www.thealamofilm.com /shop.php?c=Music&n=38452&i=B000G7PNZY&x=Lily_Afshar_Hemispheres (334 words)

	Frets - Lily Afshar Goes "Fretlets"
		But while Bach’s Bouree may long remain a prerequisite of early classical studies, the current masters of the art are certainly not guilty of allowing their repertoire to stagnate.
		Iranian-born Lily Afshar—now the head of guitar studies at the University of Memphis in Tennessee—is a prime example.
		When not fostering musical brilliance among her university charges, Afshar is a regular on concert stages around the world.
	www.fretsmag.com /story.asp?storycode=15741 (686 words)

	US Embassy Warsaw Press Releases & Announcements (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Embassy is pleased to sponsor a concert by world-renowned Tehran-born American guitarist Lily Afshar who will present a recital of contemporary music.
		Afshar, a solo international guitar player who holds 3 music degrees will perform November 11 at the Muzeum Techniki in Warsaw at 5 pm.
		Dr. Afshar won the 2000 Orville H. Gibson Award for Best Female Classical Guitarist and was named “Artistic Ambassador” to Africa by the United States Information Agency.
	www.usinfo.pl /events/docs/lily.htm (132 words)

	Alumni Profile: Lily Afshar '83 M.M.
		Alumni Profile: Lily Afshar '83 M.M. Alumni Services
		Classical guitarist Lily Afshar, winner of the 2000 Orville H. Gibson Award for Best Female Classical Guitarist, devotes much of her attention to the performance of contemporary works.
		Afshar serves on the music faculty at the University of Memphis, where she has been honored with the school’s Eminent Faculty Award.
	www.newenglandconservatory.edu /alumni/alumni_profiles/profiles/afshar.htm (66 words)

	Lily Afshar - Mel Bay Profile
		Iranian-born guitarist Lily Afshar, hailed by the Washington Post as "remarkable, impeccable," is head of the guitar program at the University of Memphis.
		Afshar was also a top prize winner in the Guitar Foundation of America competition, grand prize winner in the Aspen Music Festival guitar competition, first prize winner in both the Music Teachers' National Association and the American String Teachers' Association guitar competitions.
		Lily Afshar was among the twelve international guitarists selected to play for Maestro Andres Segovia in his master classes held at the University of Southern California, at which time Maestro Segovia predicted that "she will be a beautiful celebrity."
	www.melbay.com /authors.asp?author=345 (420 words)

	Amazon.com: "Lily Afshar": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		See all pages with references to Lily Afshar.
		After hearing Lily Afshar perform in 1986, the master simply said, `[It is] my prediction that she will be a beautiful celebrity.'...
		The young recitalists chosen to appear in the classes were as follows: Lily Afshar, Mary Akerman, Fred Benedetti, Alison Bert, Michael Chapdelaine, William Feasley, Trent Howard, (USA), Petur Jonasson (...
	www.amazon.com /phrase/Lily-Afshar (483 words)

	Lily Afshar Iranian Biography, An All Iran & Iranian web site Online tehran directory search engine, iran Tehran ...
		Chosen as "Artistic Ambassador" for the United States Information Agency to Africa, she is the winner of the Tenth, Eleventh, and the Twelfth Annual "Premier Guitarist"awards respectively, awarded by the Memphis Chapter of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, Inc.
		Her interest in contemporary music has led to premiers of new works by Loris Chobanian, Arne Mellnas, Kamran Ince, Barbara Kolb, Marilyn Ziffrin, Salvador Brotons, among others.
		Lily Afshar's recordings of 24 Caprichos de Goya by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco and A Jug of Wine and Thou are available on Summit Records (CDs #167and #236).
	www.iranian.ws /bio/women/lily_afshar.htm (364 words)

	The Alamo Store: Lily Afshar - Hemispheres (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		I am absolutley enthralled with her playing; still prefer all of the tracks on the "Jug of Wine" CD' though.
		Her playing is technically impeccible, her interpretations are inspiring, and her selection of repertoire is innovative and enjoyable.
		The album has new works no one has ever heard before (some written for her) and it also has works by known composers like Brouwer and Morel.
	www.thealamofilm.com /shop.php?c=Music&n=64329&i=B000G7PNZY&x=Lily_Afshar_Hemispheres (334 words)

	Amazon.ca: A Jug of Wine and Thou: Music: Carlo Domeniconi,Persian Traditional,Agustin Barrios-Mangore,Isaac ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Afshar's interpretation of Domeniconi's Koyunbaba is simply wonderful!
		Afshar's five Persian ballads are evocative, and only available on this CD.
		Afshar with her rendition of these persian melodies takes us to a delicate,beautiful ralm of romantic and at times ecstatic love;where joy and sorrow fuse into oneanother.
	www.amazon.ca /Jug-Wine-Thou-Lily-Afshar/dp/B00000K08W (450 words)

	CD Baby: LILY AFSHAR: Hemispheres
		Public Radio International has described Lily Afshar as “one of the world’s foremost classical guitarists.” She has performed as soloist with orchestras and premiered works to sold out halls around the world.
		Lily Afshar explains it best in the program notes to Hemispheres:
		In my search to play new music, I came across a wonderful array of composers some of whom had never written for the guitar before.
	cdbaby.com /cd/afshar2 (728 words)

	Lily Afshar Tonight on NPR :: The Memphis Flyer :: the mid-south's news weekly :: Music Buzz :: Music
		Lily Afshar Tonight on NPR :: The Memphis Flyer :: the mid-south's news weekly :: Music Buzz :: Music
		Classical guitarist and Memphis resident Lily Afshar will be interviewed tonight by host Robert Siegel on NPR's "All Things Considered," discussing her newest album release, "Hemispheres."
		To hear sample tracks from the album, go here.
	www.memphisflyer.com /memphis/Content?oid=17921 (223 words)

	THE IRANIAN: Music, Lily Afshar, interview
		Lily Afshar after a recent performance in San Jose
		Q: Lily, Where does your inspiration to play music come from, and what motivated you to play the guitar instead of other instruments?
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	www.iranian.com /Music/April98/LAfshar/index.html (1198 words)

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