THE MONTH IN NUMBERS

38

… years old, making harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani (below) the youngest ever recipient of the Wigmore Medal.

88

… keys destroyed, as protestors ransacking the home of Sri Lankan president Ranil Wickremesinghe attacked his 125-year-old piano.

10

… years in a Russian jail for baritone Vadim Cheldiyev, guilty of organising a protest during the lockdown in 2020.

118

… composers, each commissioned to write a choral prelude for a ‘complete’ performance of Bach’s unfinished Orgelbüchlein from 23-25 September.