"Baroque Dialogues" is a musical conversation between the great Baroque masters, German composers of the Baroque era Georg Philipp Telemann, Johann Sebastian Bach, Georg Friedrich Händel and the Italian Arcangelo Corelli and the British Henry Purcell. It is a dialogue between the orchestra and the harpsichord.
St. The Christopher Chamber Orchestra will invite the harpsichordist, conductor and teacher, the main figure of the Israeli early music scene - David Shemer for a dialogue. He was born in Riga, Latvia and immigrated to Israel at an early age. After graduating from the Rubin Academy of Music and Dance in Jerusalem, he specialized in baroque performance studies in London, where he studied with some of the most famous teachers such as Christopher Kite, Jill Severs and Trevor Pinnock. D. Shemer holds a Doctor of Musical Arts. He received this degree from New York University at Stony Brook.
David Shemer is the founder, music director and conductor of the Jerusalem Baroque Orchestra. He appears frequently as a solo harpsichordist and a member of several chamber music groups such as The Jerusalem Consort, which he founded in 1984, C.P.E. J.S. Bach Ensemble (with German musicians) and Copenhagen Soloists. He performs and records extensively in Israel, Europe and the USA as a soloist, chamber musician and conductor. The recent CD release of David Shemer's Bach Goldberg Variations has been met with great enthusiasm by audiences and critics alike.
D. Shemer has been teaching harpsichord and early music at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance since 1982. He taught at the Jerusalem Early Music Workshop for more than 20 years. In addition, he has conducted many master classes in Israel, as well as in England, Germany, Italy, the USA and Riga (Latvia), his hometown.
"David Shemer convinced me with his truly crystal playing that a harpsichordist can be called a virtuoso," the Latvian press wrote.