Iranian American musician makes an old instrument new again
(World News Cezch Republic)

Harpsichord prodigy Mahan Esfahani leads a master class at Chapman University`s Cross-Cultural Center on Dec. 5. The Iranian American wunderkind - he already has won numerous awards and was selected `Newcomer of the Year` by BBC Music Magazine in 2015 - first heard the harpsichord on cassette when he was 8 years old. He built his first harpsichord from a kit just before he turned 16. `It`s been an obsession which has never left me,` Esfahani, 33, said during an interview at Chapman University`s Musco Center for the Arts. ......