Current Status of Persian Classical Music in Iran and Abroad, Mohammad Reza Lotfi, Jul 24, 2005
….Lotfi is one of the greatest contemporary masters of the tar and setar. He is among the major figures who, in the past twenty years, have revolutionized the Persian traditional (classical) music. His innovative approach of combining the classical with folk elements, both in terms of music and technique, has injected a new vitality into a very old tradition. His original creativity and the deep-rooted emotional quality of his playing have made him the father of a new aesthetics in Persian music.
Mohammad Reza Lotfi died on May 2, 2014 in Tehran, Iran.