Gorecki, you know, there's a kind of personal thing there for me. I had, you know, kind of become obsessed with that sort of Soviet Bloc period. And …

- Mahan Esfahani

I played piano. I've always liked piano. My father played piano. Actually, to be fair, the sound of the harpsichord did annoy him a bit, and I though…

- Mahan Esfahani

The harpsichord was actually ideologically considered a very questionable instrument in that period, much like I think it's ideologically considered …

- Mahan Esfahani

Well, harpsichord is kind of a big guitar, isn't it? I mean, it is plucked, after all.

- Mahan Esfahani

As long as there's a place for sundials and gardening and beautiful things, there's a place for the harpsichord. I completely reject the idea that ha…

- Mahan Esfahani

I think, you know, for someone who does play, let's say, old music or, you know, Baroque music or Renaissance music - and you know, and I do play a l…

- Mahan Esfahani

I mean, already in the French Revolution, the harpsichord becomes identified with the aristocracy, with the ancien regime. Plus, hey, you know, I mea…

- Mahan Esfahani

Bach, of course, was my first love. He still is. I mean, he's the man of my life, that's for sure. And when I say that there's been a re-evaluation, …

- Mahan Esfahani

I think in Baroque music, especially in the case of Bach, what really transformed Bach's musical language, what changed it for him was hearing Vivald…

- Mahan Esfahani