AN EXCLUSIVE solo recital by award-winning classical guitarist Lily Afshar takes place in Bolton on Friday.

The event is being staged in association with the music department at Bolton School.

The evening will feature selections from Caprichos de Goya by Castelnuovo-Tedesco, complete with the Goya prints that inspired the music.

This colourful work, composed for Andres Segovia in 1961, was the subject of Lily Afshar's doctoral thesis.

The programme will also include Spanish music by Albeniz and Rodrigo.

Lily Afshar is a professor of guitar at the University of Memphis.

Her performance starts at 7.30pm at Bolton School Arts Centre, Chorley New Road, Bolton.

Tickets, £6 and £5 students/concessions, are available on the door and from Aston Music Productions on 07831 416358.