Lily Afshar (Persian: لیلی افشار; 9 March 1960 – 24 October 2023) was an Iranian-American classical guitarist.

Afshar moved to the United States in 1977, to study at the Boston Conservatory of Music, where she got a bachelor's and a master's degree in guitar.

[8] Afshar was chosen as "Artistic Ambassador" for the United States Information Agency to Africa, and was among twelve guitarists selected to play for Andrés Segovia in his master classes held at the University of Southern California.

[4][8] About her style, the magazine Global Rhythm wrote that she combined "the delicate yet powerful sound of the classical guitar with the melodic ornamentation of Persian and Baroque music".

[10] Afshar died of cancer in Tonekabon, Mazandaran, Iran, on 24 October 2023, at the age of 63.