Tamar Halperin © Sebastian Madej
Tamar Halperin
Tamar Halperin studied classical piano and harpsichord at the Juilliard School in New York, where she obtained a Doctor’s degree in 2009, having written her dissertation on J. S. Bach.
She also studied at the Tel-Aviv University, as well as at the Schola Cantorum in Basel, Switzerland, where she further specialised in harpsichord and in Early Music.
While the focus of her activities is Baroque music, Ms. Halperin is also an enthusiastic performer of classical and contemporary music. She has been composing, arranging, and performing pop, jazz, electronic, and new classical music. Her collaboration with Jazz pianist Michael Wollny led to the award-winning albums “Wunderkammer” (2010 Echo prize for “Best Piano Album”) and Wunderkammer XXL (2013 German Critic’s Choice for “Best Jazz Album”, 2014 Echo prize for “Best Big Band Album”). On her first Solo Album, “Satie,” (Edel/Neue Meister, May 2016) she performed on piano, harpsichord, Wurlitzer organ, Hammond organ, and glockenspiels, combined with electronic sound manipulations. Together with her husband, singer Andreas Scholl, she recorded “The Family Songbook,” which is a collection of songs for children & adults in English, German & Hebrew. The album was recorded at their home, performed together with twenty-five members of their extended family, including ten children and one grandmother (Edel/Berlin Classics, November 2018).
In the academic years 2020-2024 she was a Visiting Scholar at Oxford university, where she offers concerts, lectures, presentations, and master classes.
Tamar spent most of her childhood training to be a professional tennis player, competing successfully on a national level. She lives in a village in Germany, together with her husband, Andreas, their young daughter, and their two dogs.