Opening Night: Afiara Quartet with Mahan Esfahani

Opening Night: Afiara Quartet with Mahan Esfahani, located in Banff in the Canadian Rockies, offers an intimate evening of world-class chamber music. This concert at 107 Tunnel Mountain Drive features harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani in the Canadian premiere of Gavin Bryars’ Harpsichord Quintet with the Afiara Quartet, plus a new work by composer-in-residence Mark Applebaum. Audiences also hear Antonín Dvořák’s Terzetto in C Major, Op. 74, performed by Livia Sohn, Hao Zhou and Barry Shiffman. Part of the Banff International String Quartet Festival, this $75 performance lets guests experience BISQC laureates and guest artists in close collaboration, creating a rare chance to enjoy innovative repertoire and nuanced interpretations in an inspiring mountain setting.