Currently on the roster of BBC New Generation Artists, and a recipient of the Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award, 24 year old Mahan Esfahani is fast gaining international recognition as a soloist and collaborative artist on the harpsichord, fortepiano and organ in both early and contemporary repertoire. As part of the BBC New Generation Artist scheme, his next concerto engagements will be Viktor Kalabis' Concerto for Harpsichord and Orchestra (1975) with the BBC Concert Orchestra, Bohuslav Martinu's Concerto for Harpsichord and Orchestra (1935) with the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Jiri Belohlavek and Poulenc's Concert Champetre with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. He will give a live BBC Radio 3 lunchtime solo recital at the Wigmore Hall in April 2010 and will appear at the City of London and York Early Music Festivals this summer. He has also been asked to perform the inaugural recital at the Library of Congress in Washington D.C. on the 1912 Pleyel & Cie. harpsichord belonging to Wanda Landowska in May 2010.
Praised for his 'sensitivity and vibrance' (Early Music Today) and for possessing 'the virtuosity of a master' (Keyboard Magazine), he has appeared with such ensembles as Il Complesso Barocco, English Concert, Seattle Baroque Orchestra and the King's Noyse, and in such series and festivals as the BBC Proms, Tage Alter Musik Regensburg, Goettingen Handel Festival, Halle Handel Festival, Settimana Mozart of Milan, Festwoche Herrenhausen of Hannover, New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fondazione Giorgio Cini of Venice, Milan's Basilica di San Marco, Berkeley Early Music Festival and the San Francisco Early Music Society.
