Bart Berman

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Bart Berman, born in Rotterdam, December 29, 1938, is a Dutch-Israeli pianist and composer, best known as an interpreter of Franz Schubert and 20th century music.

Bart Berman studied piano with Jaap Spaanderman at the Conservatoire of Amsterdam and complemented his piano education with Theo Bruins and a masterclass by Alfred Brendel.

As a soloist, Berman was awarded the Dutch Prize of Excellence, the first prize in the Gaudeamus Competition for interpreters of contemporary music[1], the Friends of the Concertgebouw Award and four first prizes at competitions for young soloists. He performs in Israel, Europe[2][3] and North America, as a soloist and in chamber music. Berman was a soloist with many Dutch and Israeli orchestras and often records for CDs, radio and television.

Current collaborations include flautist Abbie de Quant (since 1970), Duo 4 with pianist Meir Wiesel, the Tamar Piano Trio and ensembles with vocalists such as Bat-Sheva Zeisler and Shimrit Carmi. Past partnerships include Duo Beer Sheva with the late pianist Sara Fuxon. In the seasons of 2004-2007 he also accompanies the remake of Hanoch Levin's satirical cabaret You, Me and the Next War.[4][5]

Berman taught piano at the conservatoires of Rotterdam and Arnhem and edited publications of the Israel Music Institute. Among his many students are Cleem Determeijer, Kees van Eersel, Margriet Ehlen, Dror Elimelech and Matthijs Verschoor.

Berman studied composition with Bertus van Lier and with Wouter van den Berg. He has composed many original works, including cadenzas to all piano concerti by Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven and second piano parts to be played alongside original compositions by Muzio Clementi and Daniel Steibelt. Most noted are his completions to Schubert's unfinished piano sonatas and J.S. Bach's Art of Fugue.

Contents

  • 1989 Piano Masterpieces (Flag of United States Maestro)
  • 1990 Meir Mindel: Tamar (Flag of Israel IBF)
  • 1991 Frank Martin: Chamber Music (Flag of Switzerland Gallo)
  • 1997 David Ori: Musical Portret (Flag of Israel Zikidisc)
  • 1998 Chaya Arbel: Works (Flag of Israel Private)
  • 1999 Tsippi Fleischer: Israel at Fifty (Flag of United States Opus One)
  • 1999 Rachel Galinne: Uneginotai Nenagen (Flag of Israel MCI)
  • 2001 Gabriel Iranyi: Bird of Wonder (Flag of Hungary Hungariton[9])
  • 2003 Chaya Arbel: More Works (Flag of Israel ICL)

  • 2007 Voice of Music Festival in Upper Galilee, Kfar Blum (scheduled)
  • 2006 Isradrama Festival, Tel Aviv
  • 2001 International Opera Workshop, Tel Aviv
  • 1998 2nd International Ethnomusicology Conference, Jerusalem
  • 1997 Musica Da Camera Festival, Tel Aviv
  • 1994 Israel Festival, Jerusalem
  • 1989 Voice of Music Festival in Upper Galilee, Kfar Blum
  • 1987 Rhine Music Days, Düsseldorf
  • 1987 Israel Festival, Jerusalem
  • 1983 George Crumb Retrospective, Tel Aviv
  • 1981 Bach Marathon, Tel Aviv
  • 1980 ISCM World Music Days, Tel Aviv
  • 1974 ISCM World Music Days, Amsterdam
  • 1974 Holland Festival, Amsterdam
  • 1973 Dutch-English Music Days, London [10]
  • 1972 Holland Festival, Amsterdam
  • 1972 Östersund Festival, Sweden
  • 1970 Musical Fall of Como, Italy
  • 1968 Holland Days, Dijon, France

  • 1957 Duo in Mediterranean Style for violin and viola
  • 1957 Christmas Song on a text by Bertus van Lier for choir a cappella
  • 1958 Israeli Sonatina for piano
  • 1958 String Quartet
  • 1960 (rev. 1980) Four Melodies for piano
  • 1978 Three New Canons on the Royal Theme of J.S. Bach: The Musical Offering
  • 1994 Birthday Bunch
  • 1995 Film music for The Staircase

  • 1974 Castiglioni: Arabeschi for flute, piano and orchestra (premiered with the RPhO)
  • 1966-1990 The Beethoven piano concerti (premiered with Dutch orchestras)
  • 1970-1990 The Mozart solo, double and triple piano concerti
  • 1970-1990 The Haydn piano concerti (premiered with Dutch and Israeli orchestras)

  • 1970 J.S. Bach: The Art of Fugue (recorded for radio VPRO)
  • 1976-1990 Schubert: Unfinished Piano Sonatas (recorded on double CD)
  • 1991 Mozart: Unfinished Four Hands Piano Sonata K357 (recorded for the Voice of Music)
  • 1999 Glinka: Unfinished Viola Sonata
  • 2001 Beethoven: Romance Cantabile for flute, bassoon, piano and orchestra

  • 1981 Second Piano Part for Daniel Steibelt: Sonatina Opus 33 in C
  • 1988 Right Hand Piano Part for J.S. Bach: Sonatas in E Minor and E Major
  • 1995 Second Piano Part for Clementi: Six Sonatinas Opus 36 (two sonatinas recorded on CD)

  • 1978 Three New Canons in Various Styles on the 'Royal Theme' from The Musical Offering by Johann Sebastian Bach for melodic instruments (winds, strings) or keyboards (organ, harpsichord, piano) in E minor. Utrecht: Het Spectrum. Special supplement to Mens & melodie 33 (12). [1]
  • 1981 Four Melodies for Piano, IMI 6301. Tel Aviv: Israel Music Institute. [2]
  • 1991 Arik Einstein: Second Songbook. Ramat Gan: Kinneret. (Musical editor, with general editor Michael Tapuach)
  • 2005 "Mokum: The Musical Tradition of the Ashkenazi Community of Amsterdam". Aleh 63 (4). (CD Review)
  • 2006 "Beyond Error Tolerance: Finding Thematic Similarities in Music Digital Libraries", in Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries. Berlin: Springer. (with Tamar Berman and J. Stephen Downie) [3] ISBN 978-3-540-44636-1

  1. ^ The Musical Times (1970). "Appointments, Awards, Competitions." The Musical Times 111 (1528): 602.
  2. ^ Historischer Verein für Dortmund und die Grafschaft Mark (1973). Beiträge zur Geschichte Dortmunds und der Grafschaft Mark. Dortmund, Germany: Verlage des Historischen Vereins Dortmund, pp 41. (German)
  3. ^ Gottschalk, Achim (2006). "Schlosskonzerte enden mit Bart Berman." Pressespiegel für Sinzig und Umgebung KW 21. (German)
  4. ^ Parchomovsky, Mart (2004) "You, Me and the Next War." Tarboot 7. (Hebrew)
  5. ^ Yudilovitch, Merav (2005) "You, Me and the Next War" in the Arab-Hebrew Theater. Ynet 8 February. (Hebrew)
  6. ^ Meyer, Kurtz (1985) "Index to Record Reviews." Notes, Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association 41 (4): 751-774.
  7. ^ Weekley, Dallas A., and Nancy Arganbright (1990). Schubert's Music for Piano Four-Hands. White Plains, New York: Pro/Am Music Resources, pp. 137-144. ISBN 0-912483-55-5
  8. ^ Lampson, Dave (1992) "Late Keyboard Music - Recommended CDs". Classical Net.
  9. ^ Fleischer, Robert Jay (1997) Twenty Israeli Composers: Voices of a Culture. Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press, p. 343.
  10. ^ The Musical Times (1973). "London Diary for January." The Musical Times 114 (1570): 1304-1308.
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NAME Berman, Bart
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Dutch-Israeli pianist and composer, best known as an interpreter of Franz Schubert and 20th century music.
DATE OF BIRTH 29 December 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Rotterdam, Netherlands
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
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