Doron David Sherwin was born in Los Angeles (USA) in 1962. The son of two nightclub singers, he became interested in early music at a very early age, and studied various early wind instruments before finally arriving at the cornetto. The decision to specialize in this difficult and little-known instrument brought him to Europe, where he studied under the guidance of Bruce Dickey.

Together they have regularly performed and recorded all over the world for over 15 years in the ensemble Concerto Palatino as well as within such well-known groups as the Taverner Players, the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Hespérion XX, Tragicomedia and Cantus Cölln. Sherwin is also active as a singer and arranger for the medieval ensemble La Reverdie. This Italian ensemble has won numerous awards for its recordings, including 5 Diapasons d’Or.

A specialist in the improvisational styles of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, he has taught courses at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena, Italy, the Conservatory of Vicenza (Italy) as well as institutes in Trondheim, Fribourg, Gøteborg and Basel. At the Verona Jazz Festival of 2001, Sherwin was invited to perform as an improviser alongside the jazz trumpeter Kenny Wheeler. Since 1994 he has taught cornetto and historical improvisation at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik in Trossingen, Germany. Since 1989 he lives in Modena, Italy, and where he remains one of the few musicians never to have performed in duet with Luciano Pavarotti.