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Golfam Khayam
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Received her Master’s degree from the College-Conservatory
of Music (CCM), University of Cincinnati under the supervision of Clare
Callahan and the coaching of Oscar Ghiglia and Lee Fiser. She continued her
studies at the Geneva Conservatory with Dusan Bogdanovic where she completed
the degree of Interprétation Specialisée Solist. A winner of the
Conservatory's 2009 concerto competition, Golfam performed as soloist with the
Geneva Conservatory Orchestra under the baton of Domingo Garcia. Her final
degree project, awarded with distinction, concerns the performance and
improvisation of ethnic elements in the music of Bogdanovic, in which she
adapts Persian musical elements and instrumental techniques for the classical
guitar. Apart from her career as a soloist, Khayam enjoys collaborating with Iranian
traditional musicians. These partnerships fulfill her
interest in discovering overlaps of her musical heritage and the Western
musical world. Khayam has concertized in Europe, Asia,
and the United States, and has participated in several master classes namely
with Leo Witoszynski, Nigel North, Anielo Desiderio, Raphaella Smits, Carlos
Pérez, among others. She has been a teaching assistant in the Guitar Department at CCM, and guitar
teacher at the Geneva International School. She is currently on the faculty of
the University of Art, Performance Department in Tehran.
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