Press Release, Concerts, Classes, Interview, Review
San Diego concert Sat June 25, 8pm map, report	Biography	Mohammad Reza Lotfi was born in 1947 in Gorgan, northern Iran. Encouraged by his elder brother, he learned to play the tar and showed his talent by winning the first prize in Iran's Young Musicians Festival in 1964 ... *
	Reviews	Robert Bly (Distinguished Poet)	"My first response upon hearing Lotfi’s music is astonishment. As he plays he opens a path and finally a road to that place inside us of enormous assurance; such assurance paradoxically often brings tears to the eyes."
		New York Times	"Mr. Lotfi sounded for all the world like a rock guitarist at times, drawing a raucous, churning, pounding sonority from the setar."
	Articles	SD Union-Tribune	Asked about his craft, Lotfi -- whose wild, cloudy ponytail and beard hang past his chest -- uttered four words, sounding almost dazed: "I am in Love.”
		Persian	For master Lotfi's 55th birthday ...
2002 Report
	List of Works		Darvak, Baz Amadam, Shabnavard, Naz-e Leili, Abu Ata concert, Gol-ha concerts, ...
2001 Press Release, Report
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