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Mahan Esfahani: Bach and modern music on the harpsichord
When Mahan Esfahani plays the harpsichord, the audience is breathless. It is not just his virtuosity, but also the way he interprets each piece — as in the case of Johann Sebastian Bach’s partitas, which he performed at the Leipzig Bach Festival. We recently caught up with him to learn about his life and work as a harpsichordist.
- (00:00) Esfahani plays an excerpt from Bach’s Partita in G major, Piano Exercises I
- (00:41) His love of Bach
- (01:02) Esfahani plays an excerpt from Bach’s Partita in D