Firooz F. Sorkhabi, guitar Firooz F. Sorkhabi Son of Rouhangiz Sadr Al Ashrafi (1935) and the late Medical Dr. Haj Naghi Faezi (1917-1982) Who was a professor and former chairman of Tabriz University-Iran. I live in Cambridge, MA. USA. I was born in Rezaeih-Iran, became familiar with music from the very early age and fell in love with Bull Fighting and Matadorship and their very distinguished and powerful music and picked up the guitar around age twelve. My first music teacher was actually my own generous cousin and good friend Mr. Sadeg Ghandchilar who taught me the basic cords and how to read and write music. He also taught me the first two pieces, Johnny Guitar and Malagueña ( Ernesto Lecuona ) that I still remember very well and love very much. My second teacher was Mr. Saeed Solaimani. I met him in Tehran University. He taught me some Classical and Flamenco music such as Green Sleeves, Romance Anon, a simplified version of Asturias, Zapateado, Arabian Fantasy from Sabicas, and little Granadinas. At this time, my grand uncle Mr. Seyed Mohammad Sadr Al Ashrafi (Architect, CEO and Managing Director of Tadbir Bana Consulting Engineers, Tehran-Iran) was a great encouraging impact in my music career, his favorite piece being Danza Mora. Play it nephew, play it again nephew he would say over and over. In 1974 I went to England to continue with my education which was where I got my Masters Degree, met and started to rehearse Flamenco with a world renown musician and Flamencologist, El Maestero Juan Martin, already very well known and established when I met him in 1976. To this date I haven't seen or heard of anyone with such an amazingly powerful style, hands and thumb like thunder specially when it comes to techniques like Arpegios, Apogados, Alzapuas and Rasguados.