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'''Byron Schenkman''' (born 1966)<ref>{{cite book |last=Alexander |first=Morin |title=Classical Music: Third Ear: The Essential Listening Companion |date=July 1, 2001 |publisher=Backbeat Books |isbn=978-0879306380 |page=1122 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ayT5T59ckzIC&pg=PA1122 |access-date=25 February 2015}}</ref> is an American harpsichordist, pianist, music director, and educator. Schenkman has recorded over 40 CDs and has won several awards and accolades.<ref name=naxos>{{cite web |title=Byron Schenkman |url=http://www.naxos.com/person/Byron_Schenkman/2486.htm |website=Naxos |access-date=25 February 2015}}</ref><ref name=peninsula>{{cite news |date=22 February 2015 |title=Duo plans eclectic performance for Tuesday concert in Port Angeles |url=http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20150223/NEWS/302239985 |location=Port Angeles, WA |newspaper=Peninsula Daily News |access-date=10 April 2015}}</ref> He co-founded the Seattle Baroque Orchestra, and was its artistic director.<ref name=handel>{{cite news |last=von Rhein |first=John |date=16 April 2000 |title=Handel: Italian cantatas |url= |
'''Byron Schenkman''' (born 1966)<ref>{{cite book |last=Alexander |first=Morin |title=Classical Music: Third Ear: The Essential Listening Companion |date=July 1, 2001 |publisher=Backbeat Books |isbn=978-0879306380 |page=1122 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ayT5T59ckzIC&pg=PA1122 |access-date=25 February 2015}}</ref> is an American harpsichordist, pianist, music director, and educator. Schenkman has recorded over 40 CDs and has won several awards and accolades.<ref name=naxos>{{cite web |title=Byron Schenkman |url=http://www.naxos.com/person/Byron_Schenkman/2486.htm |website=Naxos |access-date=25 February 2015}}</ref><ref name=peninsula>{{cite news |date=22 February 2015 |title=Duo plans eclectic performance for Tuesday concert in Port Angeles |url=http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20150223/NEWS/302239985 |location=Port Angeles, WA |newspaper=Peninsula Daily News |access-date=10 April 2015}}</ref> He co-founded the Seattle Baroque Orchestra, and was its artistic director.<ref name=handel>{{cite news |last=von Rhein |first=John |date=16 April 2000 |title=Handel: Italian cantatas |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2000/04/16/handel-italian-cantatasellen-hargis-soprano-seattle-baroque/ |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |access-date=10 April 2015}}</ref><ref name=fridge>{{cite web|title=Interview: Byron Schenkman & Ingrid Matthews|url=http://www.thefridgedubai.com/7h6/blog-Interview:_Byron_Schenkman_&_Ingrid_Matthews.html|website=The Fridge|type=Blog|access-date=25 February 2015}}</ref> Schenkman currently directs a baroque and classical chamber music concert series, Sound Salon,<ref>{{cite news |last1=May |first1=Thomas |title=6 Seattle-area classical music picks for fall 2023 |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/classical-music/6-seattle-area-classical-music-picks-for-fall-2023/ |access-date=4 March 2024 |publisher=The Seattle Times |date=September 6, 2023}}</ref> formerly Byron Schenkman & Friends,<ref name=teen>{{cite news |last=Borchert |first=Gavin |date=1 Oct 2013 |title=Ear Supply: Sounds Like Teen Spirit |url=http://www.seattleweekly.com/arts/earsupply/949072-129/music-schenkman-beethoven-love-series-written |newspaper=Seattle Weekly |access-date=21 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317231704/http://www.seattleweekly.com/arts/earsupply/949072-129/music-schenkman-beethoven-love-series-written |archive-date=17 March 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=king>{{cite web|title=Preview: Byron Schenkman and Friends |url=http://www.king.org/pages/18178612.php |website=KING FM 98.1 |access-date=25 February 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150621222612/http://www.king.org/pages/18178612.php |archive-date=21 June 2015 }}</ref> and performs as a recitalist and concert soloist.<ref name=spirited>{{cite news |last=Bargreen |first=Melinda |date=7 October 2013 |title='Byron Schenkman & Friends' Off to a Spirited Start |url=http://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/lsquobyron-schenkman-friendsrsquo-off-to-a-spirited-start/ |newspaper=The Seattle Times |access-date=25 February 2015}}</ref><ref name="Contrasts at the Goethe for BEMF">{{cite web|last1=Schuth|first1=Brian|title=Contrasts at the Goethe for BEMF|url=http://www.classical-scene.com/2015/06/12/prego-shenkman-bemf/|website=The Boston Musical Intelligencer|publisher=Lee Eiseman|access-date=21 June 2015|date=12 June 2015}}</ref> He also performs with chamber music ensembles, and is a teacher and lecturer.<ref name=peninsula /><ref name=teen /> |
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==Early years== |
==Early years== |
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At first Schenkman played [[harpsichord]] and [[fortepiano]].<ref name=spirited /><ref>{{cite news |last=Barndt |first=Michael |date=5 September 2013 |title=Early Music Now offers an instrumental clarinet history lesson |url=http://urbanmilwaukeedial.com/2013/09/05/early-music-now-offers-an-instrumental-clarinet-history-lesson/ |newspaper=Urban Milwaukee Dial |access-date=10 April 2015}}</ref> He has recorded dozens of albums, and has made solo and concerto appearances in the Americas, Europe, and Asia.<ref name=naxos /><ref>{{cite news |last=Campbell |first=R.M. |date=25 August 2005 |title=Harpsichordist finds an 'enormous' new world as a pianist |url=http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Harpsichordist-finds-an-enormous-new-world-as-a-1181453.php |newspaper=Seattle PI |access-date=10 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=May|first1=Thomas|title=Byron Schenkman & Friends present the poetry of Schumann, played and sung|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/classical-music/byron-schenkman-friends-present-the-poetry-of-schumann-played-and-sung/|access-date=November 1, 2017|publisher=The Seattle Times|date=November 1, 2017}}</ref> In 1999 he won the Cambridge Society for Early Music's Erwin Bodky Award, given "for outstanding achievement in the field of early music".<ref name=peninsula /><ref name=cantatas /> In 2003 Schenkman's recording with Musica Pacifica, ''Telemann: Chamber Cantatas & Trio Sonatas'', won the Chamber Music America/WQXR Record Award.<ref>{{cite web |last1=McDowell |first1=Peter |title=new Musica Pacifica CD "Dancing in the Isles" |url=http://earlymusichicago.org/cgi-bin/yabb_emc/YaBB.cgi?board=general_discussion;action=display;num=1305178021 |website=Early MusiChicago |access-date=8 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=MacBlane |first1=Amanda |title=Music and Marketing Hand-in-Hand: Report from the 25th Annual CMA Conference |url=https://nmbx.newmusicusa.org/music-and-marketing-handinhand-report-from-the-25th-annual-cma-conference/ |website=NewMusicUSA |date=30 January 2003 |access-date=8 September 2019}}</ref> In 2004 Schenkman was awarded a [[Partners of the Americas]] travel grant which enabled him to perform and teach in Chile.<ref>{{cite web|title=Amigos Americanos|url=http://www.washington-chile.org/documents/nlettermar05.pdf|website=WA/Chile Partners of the Americas|access-date=25 February 2015|archive-date=14 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141114080511/http://washington-chile.org/documents/nlettermar05.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2006 Schenkman was voted "Best Classical Instrumentalist" by the readers of the ''[[Seattle Weekly]]'' newspaper.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Winners |url=http://www.seattleweekly.com/2006-08-02/diversions/the-winners/ |newspaper=Seattle Weekly |access-date=21 March 2015}}</ref><ref name=mayor>{{cite web|title=Japanese, South American, and world-class piano music to ring through City Hall |url=http://www.seattle.gov/council/newsdetail.asp?ID=6401 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150410172933/http://www.seattle.gov/council/newsdetail.asp?ID=6401 |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 April 2015 |date=17 August 2006 |website=City of Seattle |access-date=10 April 2015 }}</ref> In 2007 he was featured in the ''Seattle Magazine'' Music Portfolio of Seattle's Defining Musicians as a Key Player saying that "He makes 300-year-old music sound fresh."<ref>{{cite news |title=2007 Music Portfolio |publisher=Seattle Magazine |date=July 2007 |page=105}}</ref> |
At first Schenkman played [[harpsichord]] and [[fortepiano]].<ref name=spirited /><ref>{{cite news |last=Barndt |first=Michael |date=5 September 2013 |title=Early Music Now offers an instrumental clarinet history lesson |url=http://urbanmilwaukeedial.com/2013/09/05/early-music-now-offers-an-instrumental-clarinet-history-lesson/ |newspaper=Urban Milwaukee Dial |access-date=10 April 2015}}</ref> He has recorded dozens of albums, and has made solo and concerto appearances in the Americas, Europe, and Asia.<ref name=naxos /><ref>{{cite news |last=Campbell |first=R.M. |date=25 August 2005 |title=Harpsichordist finds an 'enormous' new world as a pianist |url=http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Harpsichordist-finds-an-enormous-new-world-as-a-1181453.php |newspaper=Seattle PI |access-date=10 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=May|first1=Thomas|title=Byron Schenkman & Friends present the poetry of Schumann, played and sung|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/classical-music/byron-schenkman-friends-present-the-poetry-of-schumann-played-and-sung/|access-date=November 1, 2017|publisher=The Seattle Times|date=November 1, 2017}}</ref> In 1999 he won the Cambridge Society for Early Music's Erwin Bodky Award, given "for outstanding achievement in the field of early music".<ref name=peninsula /><ref name=cantatas /> In 2003 Schenkman's recording with Musica Pacifica, ''Telemann: Chamber Cantatas & Trio Sonatas'', won the Chamber Music America/WQXR Record Award.<ref>{{cite web |last1=McDowell |first1=Peter |title=new Musica Pacifica CD "Dancing in the Isles" |url=http://earlymusichicago.org/cgi-bin/yabb_emc/YaBB.cgi?board=general_discussion;action=display;num=1305178021 |website=Early MusiChicago |access-date=8 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=MacBlane |first1=Amanda |title=Music and Marketing Hand-in-Hand: Report from the 25th Annual CMA Conference |url=https://nmbx.newmusicusa.org/music-and-marketing-handinhand-report-from-the-25th-annual-cma-conference/ |website=NewMusicUSA |date=30 January 2003 |access-date=8 September 2019}}</ref> In 2004 Schenkman was awarded a [[Partners of the Americas]] travel grant which enabled him to perform and teach in Chile.<ref>{{cite web|title=Amigos Americanos|url=http://www.washington-chile.org/documents/nlettermar05.pdf|website=WA/Chile Partners of the Americas|access-date=25 February 2015|archive-date=14 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141114080511/http://washington-chile.org/documents/nlettermar05.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2006 Schenkman was voted "Best Classical Instrumentalist" by the readers of the ''[[Seattle Weekly]]'' newspaper.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Winners |url=http://www.seattleweekly.com/2006-08-02/diversions/the-winners/ |newspaper=Seattle Weekly |access-date=21 March 2015}}</ref><ref name=mayor>{{cite web|title=Japanese, South American, and world-class piano music to ring through City Hall |url=http://www.seattle.gov/council/newsdetail.asp?ID=6401 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150410172933/http://www.seattle.gov/council/newsdetail.asp?ID=6401 |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 April 2015 |date=17 August 2006 |website=City of Seattle |access-date=10 April 2015 }}</ref> In 2007 he was featured in the ''Seattle Magazine'' Music Portfolio of Seattle's Defining Musicians as a Key Player saying that "He makes 300-year-old music sound fresh."<ref>{{cite news |title=2007 Music Portfolio |publisher=Seattle Magazine |date=July 2007 |page=105}}</ref> |
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Schenkman has worked with [[baroque violin]]ist [[Ingrid Matthews]].<ref name=dashing>{{cite news |last=Bargreen |first=Melinda |date=22 September 2014|title=Byron Schenkman & Friends display dashing musicianship |url=http://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/byron-schenkman-friends-display-dashing-musicianship/ |newspaper=The Seattle Times |access-date=10 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Jacobi |first1=Peter |title=Baroque violinist Matthews and harpsichordist Schenkman are genuinely gifted in performance |url=http://www.styrk.com/posts/baroque-violinist-matthews-and-harpsichordist-schenkman-are-genuinely-gifted-in-performance |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150413015843/http://www.styrk.com/posts/baroque-violinist-matthews-and-harpsichordist-schenkman-are-genuinely-gifted-in-performance |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 April 2015 |access-date=13 April 2015 |publisher=Herald-Times (Bloomington, IN) |date=18 January 2015 }}</ref> In 1994 they co-founded Seattle Baroque Orchestra, where Schenkman was artistic director from 1994 through 2004, and co-director from 2010 to 2013.<ref name=fridge /> In 2014 Schenkman and Matthews received the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music ''Entrepreneur of the Month'' award.<ref name=entrepreneur>{{cite web|title=Entrepreneur of the Month|url=http://music.indiana.edu/departments/offices/project-jumpstart/entrepreneur%20of%20the%20month/entrepreneur-matthews-schenkman.shtml|website=Indiana University Jacobs School of Music|access-date=10 April 2015|date=2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150304164912/http://www.music.indiana.edu/departments/offices/project-jumpstart/entrepreneur%20of%20the%20month/entrepreneur-matthews-schenkman.shtml|archive-date=4 March 2015}}</ref> He also performs with various chamber ensembles and tours internationally with his contemporaries.<ref name=fridge /><ref>{{cite journal |last=Walker |first=Willian Thomas |date=4 August 2004 |title=Scintillating Music in Kuhn Gallery: The 8th Foothills Chamber Music Festival |url=http://cvnc.org/reviews/2004/august/FoothillsEighth.html |journal=Classical Voice of North Carolina |access-date=10 April 2015}}</ref> He performs as a guest artist with chamber music ensembles in North America.<ref name=peninsula /><ref name="Gut Reaction">{{cite web |title=Gut Reaction |url=http://www.gutreaction.org/#how-we-play|website=Gut Reaction |access-date=25 February 2015}}</ref> His live performances at the [[Boston Early Music Festival]] have been compared with those of Vladimir Horowitz and Jimi Hendrix.<ref name=king /><ref name=cantatas /> He was reviewed in ''[[The Boston Globe]]'' as "a superb and imaginative instrumentalist".<ref name=cantatas /><ref name=mayor /><ref name=siblings>{{cite news |last=Bargreen |first=Melinda |date=14 April 2006 |title=2 siblings, 4 strings and 1 Seattle pianist |url= |
Schenkman has worked with [[baroque violin]]ist [[Ingrid Matthews]].<ref name=dashing>{{cite news |last=Bargreen |first=Melinda |date=22 September 2014|title=Byron Schenkman & Friends display dashing musicianship |url=http://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/byron-schenkman-friends-display-dashing-musicianship/ |newspaper=The Seattle Times |access-date=10 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Jacobi |first1=Peter |title=Baroque violinist Matthews and harpsichordist Schenkman are genuinely gifted in performance |url=http://www.styrk.com/posts/baroque-violinist-matthews-and-harpsichordist-schenkman-are-genuinely-gifted-in-performance |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150413015843/http://www.styrk.com/posts/baroque-violinist-matthews-and-harpsichordist-schenkman-are-genuinely-gifted-in-performance |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 April 2015 |access-date=13 April 2015 |publisher=Herald-Times (Bloomington, IN) |date=18 January 2015 }}</ref> In 1994 they co-founded Seattle Baroque Orchestra, where Schenkman was artistic director from 1994 through 2004, and co-director from 2010 to 2013.<ref name=fridge /> In 2014 Schenkman and Matthews received the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music ''Entrepreneur of the Month'' award.<ref name=entrepreneur>{{cite web|title=Entrepreneur of the Month|url=http://music.indiana.edu/departments/offices/project-jumpstart/entrepreneur%20of%20the%20month/entrepreneur-matthews-schenkman.shtml|website=Indiana University Jacobs School of Music|access-date=10 April 2015|date=2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150304164912/http://www.music.indiana.edu/departments/offices/project-jumpstart/entrepreneur%20of%20the%20month/entrepreneur-matthews-schenkman.shtml|archive-date=4 March 2015}}</ref> He also performs with various chamber ensembles and tours internationally with his contemporaries.<ref name=fridge /><ref>{{cite journal |last=Walker |first=Willian Thomas |date=4 August 2004 |title=Scintillating Music in Kuhn Gallery: The 8th Foothills Chamber Music Festival |url=http://cvnc.org/reviews/2004/august/FoothillsEighth.html |journal=Classical Voice of North Carolina |access-date=10 April 2015}}</ref> He performs as a guest artist with chamber music ensembles in North America.<ref name=peninsula /><ref name="Gut Reaction">{{cite web |title=Gut Reaction |url=http://www.gutreaction.org/#how-we-play|website=Gut Reaction |access-date=25 February 2015}}</ref> His live performances at the [[Boston Early Music Festival]] have been compared with those of Vladimir Horowitz and Jimi Hendrix.<ref name=king /><ref name=cantatas /> He was reviewed in ''[[The Boston Globe]]'' as "a superb and imaginative instrumentalist".<ref name=cantatas /><ref name=mayor /><ref name=siblings>{{cite news |last=Bargreen |first=Melinda |date=14 April 2006 |title=2 siblings, 4 strings and 1 Seattle pianist |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/20060414/conc14/2-siblings-4-strings-and-1-seattle-pianist |newspaper=The Seattle Times |access-date=10 April 2015}}</ref> |
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Schenkman gave his first recital on modern piano at [[Town Hall, Seattle]], in 2001, and has since been active performing and recording on modern piano and harpsichord.<ref name=pi>{{cite news |last=Campbell |first=R. |date=April 10, 2008 |title=Musician trades his harpsichord for a piano on his return visit to Seattle |url=http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Musician-trades-his-harpsichord-for-a-piano-on-1269881.php |newspaper=Seattle PI |access-date=20 March 2015}}</ref><ref name=daedalus>{{cite news |last=Bargreen |first=Melinda |date=20 April 2006 |title=Daedalus Quartet: dynamic, exuberant, insightful |url= |
Schenkman gave his first recital on modern piano at [[Town Hall, Seattle]], in 2001, and has since been active performing and recording on modern piano and harpsichord.<ref name=pi>{{cite news |last=Campbell |first=R. |date=April 10, 2008 |title=Musician trades his harpsichord for a piano on his return visit to Seattle |url=http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Musician-trades-his-harpsichord-for-a-piano-on-1269881.php |newspaper=Seattle PI |access-date=20 March 2015}}</ref><ref name=daedalus>{{cite news |last=Bargreen |first=Melinda |date=20 April 2006 |title=Daedalus Quartet: dynamic, exuberant, insightful |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/20060420/quartet20/daedalus-quartet-dynamic-exuberant-insightful |newspaper=The Seattle Times |access-date=10 April 2015}}</ref> His New York recital debut playing modern piano was in 2009.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Music at the Frick Collection: Byron Schenkman |magazine=The New Yorker |date=5 April 2009 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/classical-music/music-at-the-frick-collection-byron-schenkman |access-date=10 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Schweitzer |first=Vivien |date=April 7, 2009 |title=Mendelssohn's Classic Roots |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/08/arts/music/08byro.html?_r=1& |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=25 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Davis |first=Helga |date=1 August 2009 |title=Concerts from the Frick Collection with Helga Davis: Byron Schenkman |url=http://www.wnyc.org/story/70915-concerts-from-the-frick-collection-with-helga-davis/ |website=WNYC 93.9 FM |access-date=10 April 2015}}</ref> Schenkman's playing has been described as "dazzling" in ''[[American Record Guide]]'',<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Haskins|title=Handel: Variations|journal=American Record Guide|date=1 July 2000|url=http://business.highbeam.com/3872/article-1G1-65173298/handel-variations|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150412164640/http://business.highbeam.com/3872/article-1G1-65173298/handel-variations|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 April 2015|access-date=12 April 2015}}</ref> and listed in the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' as a favorite recording of 2000, for "stylish, invigorating performances".<ref>{{cite news |last=von Rhein |first=John |date=3 December 2000 |title=Classical Music Finds Hope In Independent Labels |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2000/12/03/classical-music-finds-hope-in-independent-labels/ |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |access-date=21 March 2015}}</ref> He released ''The Art of the Harpsichord'' in 2017 to critical acclaim, featuring eight different historical harpsichords from the [[National Music Museum]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Brodersen |first1=Christopher |title=Meet Harpsichordist Byron Schenkman |issue=4 |publisher=Fanfare Magazine |date=April 2018|volume=41 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=O'Regan |first1=Noel |title=The Art of the Harpsichord: from Cabazon to Mozart |publisher=Early Music Review |date=February 11, 2018}}</ref> |
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In 2013, Schenkman formed Byron Schenkman & Friends. |
In 2013, Schenkman formed Byron Schenkman & Friends. |
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In 2017 Schenkman created a new recording label named Byron Schenkman & Friends. In 2018 the recording label name was changed to BS&F Recordings.<ref>{{cite web |title=BS&F Recordings |url=https://byronandfriends.org/shop/ |website=Byron Schenkman & Friends |access-date=8 September 2019}}</ref> |
In 2017 Schenkman created a new recording label named Byron Schenkman & Friends. In 2018 the recording label name was changed to BS&F Recordings.<ref>{{cite web |title=BS&F Recordings |url=https://byronandfriends.org/shop/ |website=Byron Schenkman & Friends |access-date=8 September 2019}}</ref> |
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On March 26, 2023, Schenkman performed the world premiere of |
On March 26, 2023, Schenkman performed the world premiere of ''Concerto for Harpsichord and Strings'' composed by [[Caroline Shaw]] on a commission to mark the 10th season of Byron Schenkman & Friends.<ref>{{cite news |last1=May |first1=Thomas |title=Byron Schenkman & Friends celebrates past and present of classical music |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/classical-music/byron-schenkman-friends-celebrates-past-and-present-of-classical-music/ |access-date=3 April 2023 |publisher=The Seattle Times |date=March 24, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Keller |first1=Max |title=The Future of Classical Music Is Queer |url=https://www.thenation.com/article/society/the-future-of-classical-music-is-queer/ |access-date=14 August 2024 |publisher=The Nation |date=January 29, 2024}}</ref> |
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In 2023 Byron Schenkman & Friends was rebranded as Sound Salon.<ref>{{cite news |last1=May |first1=Thomas |title=6 Seattle-area classical music picks for fall 2023 |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/classical-music/6-seattle-area-classical-music-picks-for-fall-2023/ |access-date=4 March 2024 |publisher=The Seattle Times |date=September 6, 2023}}</ref> |
In 2023 Byron Schenkman & Friends was rebranded as Sound Salon.<ref>{{cite news |last1=May |first1=Thomas |title=6 Seattle-area classical music picks for fall 2023 |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/classical-music/6-seattle-area-classical-music-picks-for-fall-2023/ |access-date=4 March 2024 |publisher=The Seattle Times |date=September 6, 2023}}</ref> |
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Birth name | Byron Schenkman |
Born | 1966 |
Origin | Lafayette, Indiana, United States |
Genres | Classical Baroque |
Occupation | Harpsichordist |
Instrument(s) | Harpsichord Piano Fortepiano |
Years active | 1981–present |
Labels | Centaur Records, Wildboar Records, Loft Recordings, Dorian Recordings, Focus, Virgin Classics, Naxos Records, Boxwood Media, Matthews & Schenkman, CD Baby, BS&F Recordings, Acis Productions |
Website | byronschenkman |
Byron Schenkman (born 1966)[1] is an American harpsichordist, pianist, music director, and educator. Schenkman has recorded over 40 CDs and has won several awards and accolades.[2][3] He co-founded the Seattle Baroque Orchestra, and was its artistic director.[4][5] Schenkman currently directs a baroque and classical chamber music concert series, Sound Salon,[6] formerly Byron Schenkman & Friends,[7][8] and performs as a recitalist and concert soloist.[9][10] He also performs with chamber music ensembles, and is a teacher and lecturer.[3][7]
Early years
[edit]Schenkman grew up in a musical family[5] on a farm in Lafayette, Indiana. He graduated from the New England Conservatory, where he was a student of John Gibbons.[11] He studied with Elisabeth Wright and Edward Auer at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, and earned a Master of Music degree with Honors in Performance.[11] In 1990 he earned a Performer's Certificate in Harpsichord from Indiana University School of Music. In 1991 Schenkman was a finalist in the Cambridge Society for Early Music's International Mozart Competition.[2]
Career
[edit]At first Schenkman played harpsichord and fortepiano.[9][12] He has recorded dozens of albums, and has made solo and concerto appearances in the Americas, Europe, and Asia.[2][13][14] In 1999 he won the Cambridge Society for Early Music's Erwin Bodky Award, given "for outstanding achievement in the field of early music".[3][11] In 2003 Schenkman's recording with Musica Pacifica, Telemann: Chamber Cantatas & Trio Sonatas, won the Chamber Music America/WQXR Record Award.[15][16] In 2004 Schenkman was awarded a Partners of the Americas travel grant which enabled him to perform and teach in Chile.[17] In 2006 Schenkman was voted "Best Classical Instrumentalist" by the readers of the Seattle Weekly newspaper.[18][19] In 2007 he was featured in the Seattle Magazine Music Portfolio of Seattle's Defining Musicians as a Key Player saying that "He makes 300-year-old music sound fresh."[20]
Schenkman has worked with baroque violinist Ingrid Matthews.[21][22] In 1994 they co-founded Seattle Baroque Orchestra, where Schenkman was artistic director from 1994 through 2004, and co-director from 2010 to 2013.[5] In 2014 Schenkman and Matthews received the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music Entrepreneur of the Month award.[23] He also performs with various chamber ensembles and tours internationally with his contemporaries.[5][24] He performs as a guest artist with chamber music ensembles in North America.[3][25] His live performances at the Boston Early Music Festival have been compared with those of Vladimir Horowitz and Jimi Hendrix.[8][11] He was reviewed in The Boston Globe as "a superb and imaginative instrumentalist".[11][19][26]
Schenkman gave his first recital on modern piano at Town Hall, Seattle, in 2001, and has since been active performing and recording on modern piano and harpsichord.[27][28] His New York recital debut playing modern piano was in 2009.[29][30][31] Schenkman's playing has been described as "dazzling" in American Record Guide,[32] and listed in the Chicago Tribune as a favorite recording of 2000, for "stylish, invigorating performances".[33] He released The Art of the Harpsichord in 2017 to critical acclaim, featuring eight different historical harpsichords from the National Music Museum.[34][35]
In 2013, Schenkman formed Byron Schenkman & Friends.
In 2017 Schenkman created a new recording label named Byron Schenkman & Friends. In 2018 the recording label name was changed to BS&F Recordings.[36]
On March 26, 2023, Schenkman performed the world premiere of Concerto for Harpsichord and Strings composed by Caroline Shaw on a commission to mark the 10th season of Byron Schenkman & Friends.[37][38]
In 2023 Byron Schenkman & Friends was rebranded as Sound Salon.[39]
Schenkman teaches music history at Seattle University, where he is a member of the Fine Arts Faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences.[40] He was a member of the Early Music Faculty at Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, where he taught harpsichord, piano, and music history from 2005 to 2017.[41] In 2012 Schenkman was visiting instructor of fortepiano and harpsichord at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. Schenkman gives master classes on 18th-century performance, informal lecture-recitals, and pre-concert talks.[42] He also teaches harpsichord master classes, serves artistic residencies, and teaches music history at music festivals and universities.[23] Schenkman is a frequent guest on radio station 98.1, Classical KING-FM.[43]
His principal harpsichord was built by Craig Tomlinson in 2013.[44][45]
Discography
[edit]Solo recordings
[edit]- Johann Kaspar Kerll: Keyboard Suites & Toccata – FOCUS, 1996 ASIN: B000004A7B
- The Bauyn Manuscript: 17th-century French Harpsichord Music – WILDBOAR [WLBR 9603], 1996
- Jean-Henry D' Anglebert – Centaur Records, 1997 [CRC 2435]
- George Frideric Handel: Harpsichord Variations – Centaur Records, 1997 [CRC 2436]
- Louis Couperin: Harpsichord Music – Centaur Records, 2001 [CRC 2608]
- The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book – with Maxine Eilander, harp, Centaur Records, 2001 [CRC 2638]
- Jacques Duphly: Second Livre de Pieces de Clavecin – Centaur Records, 2002 [CRC 2714]
- Joseph Haydn: Sonatas for the Harpsichord – Centaur Records, 2002 [CRC 2733]
- Joseph Haydn: Six Sonatas and an Adagio with Katie Wolfe, violin, – Centaur Records, 2005 [CRC 2733] [CRC 2806]
- Muzio Clementi – Centaur Records, 2009 [CRC 3078]
- The Art of the Harpsichord – Byron Schenkman & Friends, 2017 ASIN: B074CPHTTY
- Sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti - BS&F Recordings, 2018 ASIN: B07DP5Y3GS
Collaborative recordings
[edit]- Joseph Bodin de Boismortier: Sonatas for Flute and Harpsichord, Op. 91 – American Baroque, Stephen Schultz, baroque flute; Byron Schenkman, harpsichord, Naxos Records [Catalogue No. 8.553414], 1995
- Mozart in Mannheim – Zephyrus ensemble; Courtney Westcott, flute; Ingrid Matthews, violin; Shelley Taylor, cello; Byron Schenkman, harpsichord and fortepiano; Dana Maiben, viola; FOCUS [# 945], 1995
- in Stil Moderno – Ingrid Matthews, violin; Byron Schenkman, harpsichord, WILDBOAR [WLBR 9512], 1995
- Elizabeth Jacquet de la Guerre: Sonates pour le Viollon 1707 – Ingrid Matthews, violin; Byron Schenkman, harpsichord; Margriet Tindemans, viola da gamba, WILDBOAR [WLBR 9601], 1995
- Jean-Fery Rebel: Sonatas pour le Violin – Ingrid Matthews, violin; Byron Schenkman, harpsichord; Margriet Tindemans, viola da gamba, WILDBOAR [WLBR 9602], 1995
- Georg Frideric Handel: Tra Le Fiamme – Byron Schenkman, harpsichord; Ellen Hargis, soprano, WILDBOAR [WLBR 9604], 1996
- Andrea Falconieri – Ingrid Matthews & Scott Metcalf, violins; Emily Walhout, viola da gamba; Byron Schenkman, harpsichord, WILDBOAR [WLBR 9605], 1996
- Marin Marais: Suites en Trio, Pieces de Violes, 4th Livre – Music's Re-Creation, Byron Schenkman, harpsichord, Centaur Records [CRC2334], 1997
- Marin Marais: Pieces en Trio – Musica Pacifica, Virgin Veritas [ZDMB 7243], : 1997
- J.S. Bach: Harpsichord Concertos – Byron Schenkman, harpsichord; Ingrid Matthews, violin, Centaur Records [CRC 2497], 1998
- Il Giardino Corrupto – Scott Metcalfe & Ingrid Matthews, baroque violins; Emily Walhout, viola da gamba; Byron Schenkman, harpsichord, WILDBOAR [WLBR 9903], 1999
- Antonio Vivaldi: Bassoon Concertos – Ingrid Matthews, violin; Byron Schenkman, harpsichord; Michael McCraw, bassoon, Centaur Records [2538], 1999
- Canzoni da Sonar – Ingrid Matthews, baroque violin; Byron Schenkman, harpsichord, Centaur Records [CRC 2529], : March 2000
- Francesco Guerini: Cello Sonatas – Sarah Freiberg, baroque cello; Byron Schenkman, harpsichord and fortepiano, Centaur Records [2534], 2000
- Alessandro Scarlatti: Concerti Da Camera – Musica Pacifica, Judith Linsenberg, recorders, Elizabeth Blumenstock, violin, Ingrid Matthews, violin; George Thomson, viola; Claire Garabedian, cello; Michael Eagan, flute; Byron Schenkman, harpsichord, DORIAN [DOR 93192], Release date: 01/11/2000
- Sprezzatura: Virtuoso Music of 17th Century Italy – Ensemble: La Luna, Ingrid Matthews & Scott Metcalf, violins; Emily Walhout, viola da gamba; Byron Schenkman, harpsichord, DORIAN (DOR #93200) 2001
- Georg Philipp Telemann: Chamber Cantatas & Trio Sonatas – Musica Pacifica ensemble, Judith Linsenberg, recorder; Christine Brandes, Elizabeth Blumenstock, violin; Byron Schenkman, harpsichord, DORIAN [DOR-93239]; 2001
- Heinrich Biber: Sonatas for Strings – Byron Schenkman, harpsichord; Ingrid Matthews, violin; David Greenberg, violin, Centaur Records [ CRC 2615], 2001
- Alessandro Scarlatti: Agar et Ismaele Esiliati [The Exile of Hagar and Ishmael] – Ingrid Matthews, violin; Byron Schenkman, harpsichord; with Karina Gauvin, Nathaniel Watson, Melissa Fogarty, Jennifer Lane, Centaur Records [ CRC 2664], Recorded: November 2001
- Music of J.S. Bach: Sonata in D Major, BWV 1028 – Emily Walhout, viola da gamba; Byron Schenkman, harpsichord, Centaur Records [CRC 2715], 2002
- J.C. Bach: Sonatas for Fortepiano and Flute – Byron Schenkman, fortepiano; Courtney Westcott, flute; LOFT Recordings [LRCD 1045], 2003
- Wind and Wire: Music of 18th Century Scotland – Chris Norman, Baroque Flutes; Byron Schenkman, Harpsichord, Boxwood Media (824594005223) [BOX 903], 2003
- The Pachelbel Canon and other Baroque Favorites – Byron Schenkman, harpsichord; Ingrid Matthews, violin, LOFT Recordings [LRCD 1019], 2003
- J. S. Bach: Six Sonatas for Violin & Harpsichord – Ingrid Matthews, baroque violin; Byron Schenkman, harpsichord; Independent Release, 2007, ASIN: B00125WBUY, 2-CD set
- Mozart: Piano Trios – Byron Schenkman, piano; Gabriela Diaz, violin; Alexei Yupanqui Gonzales, cello, Centaur Records [CRC 3031], 2008
- Russian Dreams – Byron Schenkman, piano; Masha Lankovsky, violin, Centaur Records [CRC 3352] 2014
- Vivaldi: Chamber Works – Byron Schenkman, harpsichord; Ingrid Matthews, violin; Nathan Whittaker, cello; John Lenti, theorbo; Tekla Cunningham, violin, Centaur Records [CRC 3307] 2014
- Beethoven alla Britannia – Byron Schenkman, piano; Ingrid Matthews, violin; Nathan Whittaker, cello; Linda Tsatsanis, soprano, Centaur Records [CRC 3497] 2016
- Britten and Pears: The Canticles - Byron Schenkman, piano; Zach Finkelstein, tenor; Vicki St. Pierre, contralto; Alexander Hajek, baritone; Jeffrey Fair, horn; Valerie Muzzolini Gordon, harp, Scribe Records, [SRCD9] 2017
- Chamber Music of Clara Schumann - Byron Schenkman, piano; Jesse Irons, violin; Kate Bennett Wadsworth, cello, BS&F Recordings (888295931601), 2019
- Art Songs of the Jewish Diaspora - Ian Pomerantz, bass-baritone; Byron Schenkman, piano; Sarah Freiberg, cello, Acis Productions (APL54155), 2024
Albums available as MP3 download only
[edit]- Meditation: Baroque Music for Relaxation – Various Artists, Centaur Records, 2010
- The J.S. Bach Exercise Album – Various Artists, Centaur Records, 2013
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External links
[edit]- Official website:
- 'Ep. 66: Byron Schenkman, harpsichordist, pianist and music director' Interview by Tigran Arakelyan
- American harpsichordists
- Fortepianists
- American male classical pianists
- American male pianists
- Musicians from Seattle
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- Living people
- Cornish College of the Arts faculty
- American performers of early music
- Founders of early music ensembles
- Baroque musicians
- American music educators
- Music directors
- 20th-century American pianists
- 21st-century American classical pianists
- 20th-century American male musicians
- 21st-century American male musicians
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