Details
Wigmore Hall
36 Wigmore St
Marylebone
London
W1U 2BP
England
Programme
Johann Sebastian Bach – The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Extracts
Performers
Mahan Esfahani – harpsichord
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Programme Note
A performer of star quality whether playing ancient or modern works – some of them newly commissioned by him – and a musician of strikingly broad intellectual interests, as well as a presenter with sometimes challenging but always thoughtfully considered opinions, the Iranian-American musician has raised his chosen instrument to a new level of public consciousness. Of one of his Bach interpretations, The Scotsman wrote: ‘Esfahani’s Goldbergs were a deeply human experience, brimming with humour and wit, cool objectivity, deep tragedy and startling joy.’
This concert will conclude with Mahan Esfahani being awarded the Wigmore Hall Medal.
