Bart Berman

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Bart Berman (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 Amsterdam Conservatoire and complemented his piano education with Theo Bruins and a masterclass by Alfred Brendel. He taught piano at the conservatoires of Rotterdam and Arnhem and edited publications of the Israel Music Institute. He continues to teach and coach at masterclasses and workshops.

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 and the United States, 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 plays part in the remake of Hanoch Levin's satirical cabaret You, Me and the Next War.

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.

Among his many students are Cleem Determeijer, Margriet Ehlen, Dror Elimelech and Matthijs Verschoor.

Contents

[edit] Selected discography

[edit] Solo and duo albums

[edit] Duo participation

  • Frank Martin: Chamber Music
  • Chaya Arbel: More Works
  • Tsippi Fleischer: Israel at Fifty
  • Rachel Galinne: Uneginotai Nenagen
  • Gabriel Iranyi: Bird Of Wonder

[edit] Other participation

[edit] Performances at international events

  • 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
  • 1972 Holland Festival, Amsterdam
  • 1972 Östersund Festival, Sweden
  • 1972 Dutch-English Music Days, London
  • 1970 Musical Fall of Como, Italy
  • 1968 Holland Days, Dijon, France

[edit] Selected composition

  • Duo in Mediterranean Style for violin and viola (1957)
  • Christmas Song on a text by Bertus van Lier for Choir a cappella (1957)
  • String quartet (1958) (premiered by an ensemble of the Amsterdam Conservatoire)
  • Three New Canons on the Theme of J.S. Bach: The Musical Offering (1978) (publisher: Elsevier) [1]
  • Four Melodies for Piano (1960|1980) (publisher: Israel Music Institute) [2]
  • Birthday Bunch by Bart (1994)
  • Film Music for The Staircase (1995)

[edit] Cadenzas

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

[edit] Completions

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

[edit] Piano parts

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

[edit] Articles

  • "Beyond Error Tolerance: Finding Thematic Similarities in Music Digital Libraries", in Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries. Springer, Berlin, 2006. (Book chapter with co-authors Tamar Berman and J. Stephen Downie) [3]
  • (Dutch) "Mokum: The Musical Tradition of the Ashkenazi Community of Amsterdam". Aleh 63 (4), 2005. (CD Review)

[edit] References

  1. ^ The Musical Times (1970). "Appointments, Awards, Competitions". The Musical Times 111 (1528): 602.
  2. ^ Weekley, Dallas A., and Nancy Arganbright (1990). Schubert's Music for Piano Four-Hands. White Plains, New York: Pro/Am Music Resources. ISBN 0-912483-55-5

[edit] External links

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