24.03.09 MAHAN ESFAHANI
About the Show
Saturday, March 9, 7:30pm @Town Hall
“Bach’s music is very often mesmerizing. It’s very rarely this fun.”
– Neil Fisher, The Times
This concert is generously sponsored by Diana Carey and presented in partnership with Peyvand NPO and Seattle-Isfahan Sister City Advocacy (SISCA).
Mahan Esfahani has made it his life’s mission to return the harpsichord to the mainstream of concert instruments, and to that end his creative programming and commissioning of new works have drawn the attention of critics and audiences across Europe, Asia, and North America. He was the first and only harpsichordist to be named a BBC New Generation Artist (2008-2010), a Borletti-Buitoni prize winner (2009), and a nominee for Gramophone’s Artist of the Year (2014, 2015, and 2017). In 2022, he became the youngest recipient of the Wigmore Medal, in recognition of his significant contribution and longstanding relationship with the Hall.
