Adam Pearl

Award-winning early keyboard specialist and director Adam Pearl is in demand as a performer of both solo and ensemble music. He has performed throughout the United States as well as in Europe, South America and Asia. He has been principal harpsichordist for Philadelphia’s baroque orchestra, Tempesta di Mare since 2005 and also performs with ensembles such as Chatham Baroque, the Folger Consort, the Catacoustic Consort, the American Bach Soloists, the Bach Sinfonia, Modern Musick and various modern symphony orchestras. He has recorded on the Chandos, Dorian and Plectra labels. A lover of Baroque opera, Pearl has directed numerous productions from the keyboard. He has led performances of Blow’s Venus and Adonis, Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, Cavalli's La Calisto and La Didone, Monteverdi's L'Incoronazione di Poppea, Charpentier's David et Jonathas and La descente d’Orphée aux enfers, and Handel’s Acis and Galatea, Giulio Cesare and fully staged productions of Messiah and Jephtha. Pearl is a member of the Early Music faculty at the Peabody Conservatory and has taught at various early music workshops, including the Amherst Early Music Festival, the Madison Early Music Festival and the Rocky Ridge Music Festival. He holds the degrees of BM in piano performance and both MM and DMA in harpsichord performance, all from the Peabody Conservatory. He is a laureate of the 2001 Jurow and 2004 Bruges international harpsichord competitions.