Mahan Esfahani's glorious Goldberg Variations at Reeperbahn Festival

Por Judith Wiemers, 29 septiembre 2016

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“...rich with interpretative detail, subtle articulation and personality”

Crítica hecha desde resonanzraum, Hamburg el 22 septiembre 2016

Bach, Variaciones Goldberg, BWV988

Mahan Esfahani, Clave

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Judith Wiemers

A graduate of Universität zu Köln, Judith is currently undertaking a Phd in Music at Queen’s University Belfast, where she investigates German film musicals from the 1930s. She is passionate about opera, choral singing and Irish fiddle music, and thoroughly enjoys writing about all aspects of music.