First woman PhD in classical guitar dies at 63
RIPThe classical guitar world is in mourning for Lily Ashfar, an Iranian student of Andres Segovia at USC who was the first woman to breach a closely guarded macho instrument. Lily was 63 and had been ill for some time.
She received her doctorate from Florida State University in the midst of an international career. Her Hemispheres album has iconic status.
Lily is being buried in northern Iran.
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