Harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani performs a recital at the Walt Disney Concert Hall Wednesday. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times) The audience was small. The slight keyboard instrument painted green ...

A once-prominent instrument gradually fell quiet for about a century, resigned to the duties of a refashioned desk. As the piano gained widespread popularity in the 19th century, its precursor, the ...

For many, the harpsichord conjures images of cobwebbed mansions (The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror episodes) or the iconic theme song of the Addams family. Justin Luchinski, harpsichordist and ...

Leonardo da Vinci didn’t seem to take a day off. If he wasn’t painting a masterpiece, he was making major discoveries in anatomy. If he wasn’t making major discoveries in anatomy, he was designing ...

"The harpsichord is an easy target, isn't it?" Those are the fighting words of Mahan Esfahani, a good-humored harpsichordist who is a proud defender of his instrument. Esfahani sat down to talk with ...

This is the fourth in a series of posts about appreciating classical music. Catch up on the first three parts of the series here, here and here. Though its name sounds archaic, the harpsichord is a ...