Meet the Artist……Mahan Esfahani
Who or what inspired you to take up the harpsichord, and make it your career? I think it’s impossible for people involved with the harpsichord to deny the influence of Wanda Landowska (1879-1959)....
View ArticleConcert review: ‘Tarantella’ PCM 3 – l’Arpeggiata at Cadogan Hall
Early music and Baroque crossover ensemble l’Arpeggiata, under the direction of theorbo player Christina Pluhar, gave a five-star performance of toe-tapping Tarantellas, jazzy improvisations, and...
View ArticleConcert review: Chamber Prom 4 – Debussy & Ravel at Cadogan Hall
A dramatic and absorbing concert of “limitless possibilites”, celebrating the 150th anniversary of the birth of Claude Debussy, given by three young performers who demonstrated great insight and...
View ArticleOverwhelmed by Debussy: Pierre-Laurent Aimard at Cadogan Hall
In a recent interview for Reuters, French pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard described Debussy as a “hedonist” of sound, and this definition was clear in Aimard’s performance – one of incredible precision,...
View ArticleDowland’s seductive melancholy: Proms Chamber Music 8
The final Chamber Prom of this season offered a pause to savour the music of the great English Renaissance lutenist, singer and composer John Dowland, whose 450th birthday falls this year. Dowland’s...
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