SCHENKMAN, BYRON Byron
Schenkman, harpsichord
Byron
Schenkman performs internationally as a harpsichordist and fortepianist in
concert with violinist Ingrid Matthews and with the ensembles Zephyrus, Musics
Re-creation, and La Luna. He has appeared as soloist with Genessee Baroque
Players, the Los Angeles Baroque Orchestra, and the Seattle Baroque Orchestra,
for which he is artistic director. Byron Schenkman studied with John Gibbons at
the New England Conservatory and with Elisabeth Wright at Indiana University
where he received the Willi Apel Award and the Master of Music degree with
Honors in Performance. In 1991 he was a finalist in the International Mozart
Competition at the Boston Early Music Festival. He has recorded for NPR and CBC
Radio, Focus, Titanic, and Wildboar.
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