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The insatiably curious harpsichordist — who was born in Iran, grew up in the United States and has long been based in Prague — is a passionate advocate for the untapped potential of his instrument.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 3, 2024

Bach invites us to consider these questions anew, suggests the harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani, who has recorded some of this music and wrote the booklet notes for Hamelin’s two-disc set.

From New York Times • Jan. 18, 2022

Indeed, much about the harpsichord — as Mahan Esfahani, today’s best known harpsichordist, marvelously demonstrated in his Disney recital — is curiously liberating.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2021

She was born Lois Nilson in Worcester, Mass. A classically trained harpsichordist, pianist and organist, she was a part of the Washington classical music scene for nearly 40 years.

From Washington Post • Sep. 2, 2021

In the three-part works one stave serves for both the string bass-player and the harpsichordist; in the four-part ones there are two separate staves, with trifling variations in the two parts.

From Purcell by Runciman, John F.