Art Quote by Mahan Esfahani

Well, within a phrase. And with a series of phrases, you can certainly create the effect of diminuendo and crescendo, no question.

— Mahan Esfahani

I mean to me, the harpsichord has a huge dynamic range. And I always say to people, come and listen to it. You know,…

— Mahan Esfahani

And it totally has transformed my relationship with someone like, say, Bach. You know, Bach is born 330 years ago but, you know, gosh,…

— Mahan Esfahani

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…

— Mahan Esfahani

When I say that there's commonality, I mean more in terms of the sort of techniques by which we perceive Baroque and minimalist music…

— Mahan Esfahani

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

— 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…

— 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…

— Mahan Esfahani

One of the tracks that I have is Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach - by the way, that's Bach's second son - Emanuel Bach's variations…

— Mahan Esfahani

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

— 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…

— 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…

— Mahan Esfahani