Mahan Esfahani

Born in Iran, trained largely in the U.S., active in Britain, and resident in Prague, harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani has helped bring the solo harpsichord into the concert mainstream. In 2011, he became the first keyboardist to perform an all-harpsichord recital during the BBC Proms festival. Esfahani issued a 2009 recording of the complete harpsichord music of John Bull. Esfahani released the album Musique? in 2020, and in April of that year, he became the first solo harpsichordist to appear on the NPR radio network's "Tiny Desk Concert" program. Esfahani released several albums devoted to Bach's music, including Bach: Notebooks for Anna Magdalena, in 2023. That year also saw the release of an album of harpsichord works by Viktor Kalabis, Hans Krása, and Bohuslav Martinů.