Maryam Farshadfar Guest Concert

A Piano Journey Along the Caucasus is a lecture-recital by Dr. Maryam Farshadfar, featuring piano works from Azerbaijan, Russia, Armenia, Georgia, and Iran. The program explores how traditional melodies and cultural heritage shape classical piano music across the region. 

Maryam Farshadfar is a pianist and ethnomusicologist whose musical journey began at the age of six. She holds a PhD in Ethnomusicology from the University of Montreal, where her award-winning dissertation on the history of the piano in Iran was recognized as an original contribution to the field.

She has performed internationally as a soloist and chamber musician at distinguished venues including Niavaran Hall in Tehran, the Konzerthaus Freiburg in Germany, and Carnegie Hall. Dr. Farshadfar currently serves as a full-time music faculty member at San José–Evergreen Valley College, where she founded the music program and established and continues to direct the Evergreen Valley College Ensemble.

She resides in the San Francisco Bay Area.