Mahan Esfahani
Iran - USA
 Mahan Esfahani
 Mahan Esfahani
Mahan Esfahani is an Iranian-American harpsichordist; he is the first harpsichordist named as a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist. As a concerto soloist and recitalist, he has gained an international reputation.
Mahan Esfahani was born in Tehran in 1984 and received his first guidance on the piano from his father before exploring an interest in the harpsichord as a teenager. He went on to study musicology and history at Stanford University, where he was mentored by George Houle, before studying intensively with Peter Watchorn in Boston and completing his formation with the celebrated Zuzana Růžičková in Prague. He was a BBC New Generation Artist from 2008-2010, a Borletti-Buitoni Trust prizewinner, and in 2014 Mahan was on the shortlist both for the Royal Philharmonic Society Instrumentalist of the Year and Gramophone Artist of the Year – all firsts for the harpsichord.
"Time Present and Time Past, Mahan Esfahani, review: 'weirdly fascinating'" The Telegraph.
The Bach Project - Echori Music from Relevant Films on Vimeo.
Mahan Esfahani joins unique professional ensemble Echori Soloists in an inspirational evening of their inaugural series ''The Bach Project''. It is one of the most eagerly anticipated projects of the season and promises to be an exciting experience of the masters of composition; JS Bach, Johann Kuhnau and their contemporaries.
Music is 'Meine Freundin ist mein' by Johann Christoph Bach. Recorded 4th May 2012 Live in concert at St George's Hanover Square, London. Filmed on 12th May 2012 in Oxford.
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