Bach's Preludes and Fugues No. 6 in D minor BWV851 and No. 4 in C sharp minor BWV849 performed in 2021 (April, 20) and 2014 (July).
Bach's Prelude and Fugue No. 23 in B major BWV868 from The Well-tempered Clavier Book I performed in 2021 (April, 20) and 2014 (July).
Bach's Toccata in F sharp minor BWV910 performed in 2017 (September) and 2014 (July).
Bach's Violin Sonata in E minor BWV1023 performed in 2023 (October, 2) and 2014 (July).
Górecki's Harpsichord Concerto op. 40 (1980, 9 mins) performed in 2021 (August) and 2016 (November).
Mel Powell's Recitative and Toccata Percossa for solo harpsichord performed in 2016 (December, 15) and 2016 (February).
Mahan Esfahani performed on the 30th of January 2022.
On the 31st of January 2021 with Angela Hewitt at Milton Court Concert Hall.
On the 11th of June 2020 at the Wigmore Hall.
On the 18th of March 2020 at the Wigmore Hall.
He performed Bach's 15 Inventions BWV772-786, 15 Sinfonias BWV787-801, French Suite No. 1 in D minor BWV812 and Prelude and Fugue in A minor BWV894 on a harpsichord on the 2nd of October 2019.
He played Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach's Quartet in A minor Wq. 93, Manuel de Falla's Harpsichord Concerto, Strauss Suite from Capriccio and a new work for harpsichord and chamber group by Laurence Osborn with the Britten Sinfonia at lunchtime on the 2nd of October 2019 at the Wigmore Hall.
He became a professor of harpsichord at Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 2015.
Mr. Esfahani took part in a performance lecture on the 9th of March 2019 at the Barbican Hall.
He performed works by Sunleif Rasmussen Quadroforone and Berio on the 17th of January 2019 at Milton Court.
"When the harpsichord was taken over by the Early Music movement its relevance as a solo instrument - particularly for contemporary music - got left by the wayside. It’s something that I lament, and my sense of drive comes from the fact that I’m obsessed with my instrument and I want to share that with others. The harpsichord is as relevant as anything else that’s beautiful for a 21st-century audience."
Mr. Esfahani performed with Jennifer Pike on the 14th of October 2017 in the Wigmore Hall.
"I am known to the London public as someone who always has a new surprise in store," said Mr. Esfahani. "You cannot predict what I’m going to play or how I’m going to play it, and with the inclusion of both a modern concerto and a concerto from the golden age of the harpsichord I seek to show how ‘contemporary’ a work by someone like Bach is."
Mr. Esfahani was a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist, 2008 to 2010, the first harpsichordist to enjoy this honor. In 2009, he received the Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award, once again the first harpsichordist to be decorated as such.
Born in Tehran in 1984, Mr. Esfahani is an award-winning harpsichordist and musicologist who studied at Stanford University in California.
Mahan Esfahani performed CPE Bach's Concerto in E flat for harpsichord & fortepiano Wq.47 on the Harpsichord with Danny Driver on the Fortepiano and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment being conducted by Rebecca Miller at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on the 30th of January 2014
Mr. Esfahani played Bach's Goldberg Variations, part of the BBC Chamber Proms on the 18th of July 2011 at the Cadogan Hall.
He made his BBC Chamber Proms debut on the 30th of August 2009 also at the Cadogan Hall.