- Grosvenor Gardners Sunday, 28 Feb 2015 in Reviews
About: Tamar Hestrin Grader
Tamar Hestrin Grader, harpsichordist, divides her time between performing and completing her A.B. in musicology at Harvard College. Her solo repertoire ranges through the Renaissance and Baroque periods. She is an avid continuo player in both chamber groups and orchestra, and has a particular interest in Baroque techniques of improvisation. Since coming to Boston, Tamar has been studying piano with Ya-Fei Chuang, and harpsichord with Peter Sykes. She has participated in masterclasses with John Kitchen, Arthur Haas, Jesper Christensen, Francis Fitch, Sarah Freiburg, Robert Levin, Gonzalo Ruiz, Judy Tarling, Paul Simmonds, Alison Crum, and Jane Hershey, and has attended the Amherst Baroque Academy, the Sommerakademie at the Universität Mozarteum in Salzburg, and the Piccola Accademia di Montisi. She is also President of the Harvard Organ Society and Co-General Manager of the Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra. In her free time, Tamar enjoys playing clavichord, organ, fortepiano, and viola da gamba.
Articles by Tamar Hestrin Grader:
- A Dispatch From Salzburg, 12 Feb 2014 in News & Features
- Mozart On His Own Instruments: BEMF and WGBH, 08 Jun 2013 in News & Features
- Making Round the Cube, 19 Feb 2013 in Reviews
- Grand Harmonie’s Historical Winds Delight, 18 Sep 2012 in Reviews
- Venerable Pianist in Muffled Setting, 29 Jul 2012 in Reviews
- Good Humor and Melodrama From Ensemble 1729, 25 Jul 2012 in Reviews
- Schuller’s Charming Dreamscape at Tanglewood, 10 Jul 2012 in Reviews
- Egarr Shines in Performance and Speech, 12 Feb 2012 in Reviews
- Blue Heron Flies with Grace, 17 Dec 2011 in Reviews
- Heartbreak and Comedy in Baroque Opera, 21 Nov 2011 in Reviews
- Organist Christian Lane Wins Major Competition, 24 Oct 2011 in News & Features
- Mutter’s Unexciting Playing, Resigned Conducting, 04 Oct 2011 in Reviews
- Bezuidenhout Delightful, H & H …, 24 Sep 2011 in Reviews
- Exciting Enough Without Jokes, 14 Jul 2011 in Reviews
- Bezuidenhout and Freiburg a Joy, 19 Jun 2011 in Reviews
- Why Schubert on a Fortepiano, 19 Jun 2011 in Reviews
- Significance of Early Music Performance, 19 Jun 2011 in Reviews
- Neonato Talks, Plays for BEMF Fringe Concert, 18 Jun 2011 in Reviews
- Welcome Intro to Courbois in Constrained Performance, 14 Jun 2011 in Reviews
- H-R’s Jolly Good Chorus, 06 Apr 2011 in Reviews
- Rare Triple Harp, Elegant Program, 29 Mar 2011 in Reviews
- H&H Rockets with Beethoven Fifth, 21 Mar 2011 in Reviews
- Wit and Charm from Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, 14 Mar 2011 in Reviews