Mahan Esfahani

The reggaetón superstar kicks off our "El Tiny" takeover of the Tiny Desk (home) concert series.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy 

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Synopsis 1685 was a good year for composers: Bach, Scarlatti and Handel were all born in 1685, as was, on today’s date, Italian composer Lodovico Giustini. Like Bach, Giustini came from a family of musicians, and he began his career by succeeding his father as church organist, ev ...  Show more

Synopsis There is an ancient curse, popularly attributed to the Chinese, “May you live in interesting times!” The French composer Etienne-Nicolas Mehul, who was born on this date in 1763, certainly lived and worked in an “interesting” time, politically and musically speaking. His ...  Show more

Send us a textFeeling tired? Need to unwind? Then how about some gentle, soothing piano music? Welcome to the Episode 2 of the third Series of Relaxing Piano Playlist! In this episode, I perform for you music by Field, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Scriabin, and the first offer ...  Show more

Send us a textFeeling stressed? Need to unwind? Then how about some gentle relaxing music for you to ease into. Come and join me as your host, James Quinn as I take you through some wonderful music as I play for you on my own piano ranging from the Baroque, Classical, Romantic an ...  Show more