Lily Afshar

Lily Afshar, winner of the 2000 Orville H. Gibson Award for Best Female Classical Guitarist, can be heard on the recordings 24 Caprichos de Goya by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco and A Jug of Wine and Thou (Summit Records,) her third CD, Possession, is on Archer Records.

Program on the Millennium Stage:

• Un Dia de Noviembre - Leo Brouwer
• Gozaar * (Calligraphy No. 5) - Reza Vali
• Koyunbaba, Op. 19 - Carlo Domeniconi
  • Andante
  • Mosso
  • Cantabile
  • Presto
• Traditional Persian Song:
  • Morgh-e Sahar (Bird of Dawn) - Morteza Neydavood
  • Fantasia on Morgh-e Sahar * - Garry Eister
• Invocation and Dance (Homage to Manuel de Falla) - Joaquin Rodrigo
• El Sueno de la Razon Produce Monstruos from 24 Caprichos de Goya - Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
• Sevilla - Isaac Albeniz

* Written for Lily Afshar

CLICK HERE to watch and listen to Lily Afshar's Performance from the Kennedy Center's Video Archive.

Publications (CDs):
Possession (2002)
A Jug of Wine and Thou (1999)
24 Caprichos de Goya (1994)

Official website: www.lilyafshar.com

** co-marketed by David Chambers

May 17, 2005 (Tuesday) 6:00 p.m. on the Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage