Byron Schenkman
harpsichord

Byron Schenkman founded the Mira Trio with violinist Gabriela Diaz and cellist Alexei Yupanqui Gonzales in 2007. Previously harpsichordist and artistic director of the Seattle Baroque Orchestra, he received the Erwin Bodky Award for "outstanding achievement" from the Cambridge Society for Early Music in 1999. Since 2001, he has been performing primarily as a modern pianist, including solo recitals in Boston, New York, Peterborough, Seattle, Vancouver, Winston-Salem, and on a Chilean tour sponsored by Partners of the Americas. He has appeared in duo recitals with cellist Raman Ramakrishnan and as a guest pianist with the Chameleon Arts Ensemble of Boston, the Daedalus Quartet, the Northwest Sinfonietta, and Philharmonia Northwest. In 2006 Schenkman was voted “Best Classical Instrumentalist” by the readers of the Seattle Weekly. His CD of Haydn Piano Sonatas has been acclaimed for its “elegance, wit, and refinement” (American Record Guide), “imaginative, cleanly articulated form” (Seattle Times), and “astonishing sense of humor” (All Music Guide). Schenkman is a graduate of the New England Conservatory and received the Master of Music degree with honors in performance from the Indiana University School of Music.