The acclaimed Iranian-American musician is rekindling enthusiasm for an often derided instrument – and he’s not done yet Mahan Esfahani was nine when he first heard a harpsichord. He and his parents ...
In a first for the SFCO, internationally acclaimed harpsichordist, Jory Vinikour, joins Music Director Jory Fankuchen and the ...
Working in his studio, Kevin Fryer listens to CDs of lute and harpsichord music, letting his thoughts sail away to the Dutch masters and places like Antwerp in the 17th century. In a second-story ...
Byron Will smoothes a corner in a harpsichord he's building. A warmer in foreground contains animal skin glue that holds some pieces of the instrument together. (Janet Goetze) has been making ...
"The harpsichord is an easy target, isn't it?" Those are the fighting words of Mahan Esfahani, a good-humored harpsichordist who is a proud defender of his instrument. Esfahani sat down to talk with ...
The sounds of the 18 th century filled the Wren Chapel last week as a group of graduate students from Temple University’s Boyer College of Music and Dance joined with William & Mary students for a ...
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Mahan Esfahani says the harpsichord is as relevant today as it was when Bach and Vivaldi were playing it, and his interview with NPR's Robert Siegel this past June left no doubt. It's not every day ...