Tamar Halperin, born in 1976 in Tel Aviv, Israel, is a harpsichordist, pianist, and musicologist. She studied at the University of Tel Aviv and Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, and earned a doctorate from Juilliard with a thesis on Johann Sebastian Bach. Her album Satie was released in 2016, featuring reimagined piano pieces by Erik Satie. In 2017, she collaborated with violinist Etienne Abelin and audio designer Tomek Kolczyński for the fusion album BachSpace. Her notable achievements include winning the Echo Jazz award in 2010 for her album Wunderkammer, recorded with jazz pianist Michael Wollny. She performed with orchestras such as the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and The English Concert, spanning five centuries of music from Baroque to contemporary. Other notable releases include the albums Wanderer (2012), Wunderkammer XXL (2013), The Family Songbook (2018), and Twilight People (2019).
