Bart Berman

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. [Seida, Linda. [http://wm08.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=41:101437~T1 "Bart Berman - Biography."] "Allmusic." ] Young, John Bell (1998). "Schubert: Unfinished Piano Sonatas: D 279, 571, 613, 625, 840." "American Record Guide" 62 (2): 194.]

Bart Berman studied piano with Jaap Spaanderman at the Conservatoire of Amsterdam and complemented his piano education with Theo Bruins and a master class 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, [The Musical Times (1970). [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0027-4666%28197006%29111%3A1528%3C602%3AAS%3E2.0.CO%3B2-0 "Appointments, Awards, Competitions."] "The Musical Times" 111 (1528): 602.] the Friends of the Concertgebouw Award and four first prizes at competitions for young soloists. He performs in Israel, Europe [Historischer Vereinfür Dortmund und dieGrafschaft Mark (1973). Beiträge zur Geschichte Dortmunds und der Grafschaft Mark. Dortmund, Germany: Verlage des HistorischenVereins Dortmund, p. 41. de icon] [Gottschalk, Achim (2006). " [http://www.aktiplan-sinzig.de/presse/pressespiegel2106.htm#kultur Schlosskonzerte enden mit Bart Berman] ." "Pressespiegel für Sinzig und Umgebung" KW 21. de icon] 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), [Paap, Wouter (1971). "Mens en Melodie" 16 (1): 62. nl icon] 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". [Parchomovsky, Mart (2004) " [http://www.tarboot.co.il/7/at.htm You, Me and the Next War] ." [http://www.tarboot.co.il/ "Tarboot"] [http://www.tarboot.co.il/7/new1.html 7.] he icon] [Yudilovitch, Merav (2005) [http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3043092,00.html "You, Me and the Next War" in the Arab-Hebrew Theater.] "Ynet" 8 February. he icon]

Berman was a primary teacher of piano at the conservatoires of Rotterdam and Arnhem and editor of the Israel Music Institute. Among his many students are Cleem Determeijer, Kees van Eersel, Margriet Ehlen, Dror Elimelech, Gerard Houtman and Matthijs Verschoor.

Berman studied composition with Bertus van Lier and 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".

Currently Berman lives in Tel Mond.

Notable performances

* 1961 8th Hispanic Days, Rotterdam [ [http://www.uaia.nl/ Unión de Asociaciones Ibéricas e Iberoamericanas del Benelux] : [http://www.uaia.nl/index.asp?pagina=77 VIII Jornadas Hispánicas bajo el Patrocinio de Su Alteza Real el Príncipe Bernardo de los Países Bajos] es icon]
* 1968 Dutch Days, Dijon, France
* 1970 Gaudeamus Contest, Rotterdam
* 1970 Musical Fall of Como, Italy
* 1972 Östersund Festival, Sweden
* 1972 Holland Festival, Amsterdam
* 1973 Dutch Music Days, London [The Musical Times (1973). [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0027-4666%28197312%29114%3A1570%3C1304%3ALDFJ%3E2.0.CO%3B2-F "London Diary for January."] "The Musical Times" 114 (1570): 1304-1308.]
* 1974 Holland Festival, Amsterdam
* 1974 ISCM World Music Days, Amsterdam
* 1980 ISCM World Music Days, Tel Aviv
* 1981 Bach Marathon, Tel Aviv
* 1983 George Crumb Retrospective, Tel Aviv
* 1987 Israel Festival, Jerusalem
* 1987 Rhine Music Days, Düsseldorf
* 1989 Voice of Music Festival in Upper Galilee, Kfar Blum
* 1994 Israel Festival, Jerusalem
* 1997 Musica Da Camera Festival, Tel Aviv
* 1998 2nd International Ethnomusicology Conference, Jerusalem
* 2001 International Opera Workshop, Tel Aviv
* 2006 Isradrama Festival, Tel Aviv
* 2007 Voice of Music Festival in Upper Galilee, Kfar Blum
* 2007 YMCA Festival, Jerusalem

Discography

Solo and duo albums
* 1978 Bart Berman, piano: Vriend, Hekster, Loevendie, De Vries, Kleinbussink (flagicon|Netherlands Golf)
* 1983 Franz Schubert: Music for Piano Four Hands (flagicon|Israel Jerusalem [Meyer, Kurtz (1985) [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0027-4380%28198506%292%3A41%3A4%3C751%3AITRRWS%3E2.0.CO%3B2-5 "Index to Record Reviews."] [http://www.musiclibraryassoc.org/publications/notes.shtml "Notes, Quarterly Journal of the] " "Music Library Association" 41 (4): 751-774.] [Weekley, Dallas A., and Nancy Arganbright (1990). [http://www.amazon.com/dp/0912483555/ "Schubert's Music for Piano Four-Hands."] White Plains, New York: Pro/Am Music Resources, p. 137-144. ISBN 0-912483-55-5] , flagicon|United States Stradivari (1988) [Lampson, Dave (1992) " [http://www.classical.net/music/recs/latkey.html Late Keyboard Music - Recommended CDs"] . " [http://www.classical.net/ Classical Net] ."] )
* 1985 Kibbutz Composers: Piano Music for Two and Four Hands (flagicon|Israel Jerusalem)
* 1996 Duo 4 Live: Beethoven, Brahms, Schubert, Clementi, Bizet (flagicon|Israel Private)
* 1997 Franz Schubert: (Un)finished Piano Sonatas (flagicon|Netherlands Erasmus )

Solo and duo participation
* 1989 Piano Masterpieces (flagicon|United States Maestro)
* 1990 Meir Mindel: Tamar (flagicon|Israel IBF)
* 1991 Frank Martin: Chamber Music (flagicon|Switzerland Gallo [De Vaglio, Marco. [http://www.16noni.it/musica/martin.htm "Musica Da Camera, Martin, Gallo - DDD"] . [http://www.16noni.it "16noni"] . it icon] [Martin, Maria (1990). "Souvenirs de ma vie avec Frank Martin." Lausanne: L'Age d'Homme, p. 302-203. fr icon] )
* 1997 David Ori: Musical Portrait (flagicon|Israel Zikidisc)
* 1998 Chaya Arbel: Works (flagicon|Israel Private)
* 1999 Tsippi Fleischer: Israel at Fifty (flagicon|United States Opus One)
* 1999 Rachel Galinne: Uneginotai Nenagen (flagicon|Israel MCI)
* 2001 Gabriel Iranyi: Bird of Wonder (flagicon|Hungary Hungariton [Fleischer, Robert Jay (1997) "Twenty Israeli Composers: Voices of a Culture." Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press, p. 343.] )
* 2003 Chaya Arbel: More Works (flagicon|Israel ICL)

Trio to orchestra participation
* 1974 Peter Schat: To You (flagicon|Netherlands Harlekijn, flagicon|Germany Telefunken)
* 1976 Sergei Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (flagicon|United Kingdom Philips)
* 1977 George Antheil: Ballet Mécanique (flagicon|Netherlands Donemus)
* 1994 Sergei Prokofiev: Favourite Orchestral Suites (flagicon|United Kingdom Philips)
* 2004 Hanoch Levin: You, Me and the Next War (flagicon|Israel Ofir)

elected composition

*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"

Cadenzas
*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)

Completions
*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

Piano parts
*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)

Publications

*1978 [http://cat.ubvu.vu.nl/webopac/FullBB.csp?WebAction=ShowFullBB&RequestId=419739_2&Profile=Default&OpacLanguage=dut&NumberToRetrieve=50&StartValue=2&WebPageNr=1&SearchTerm1=1978.2.270927&SearchT1=&Index1=Keywordsbib&SearchMethod=Find_1&ItemNr=2 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).
*1981 [http://imi.org.il/site/works.asp?subjectNum=16&subjectName=Piano Four Melodies for Piano] , IMI 6301. Tel Aviv: Israel Music Institute.
*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 " [http://www.springerlink.com/content/w4g6w8617k218873/ 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) ISBN 978-3-540-44636-1

External links

* [http://www.notesonfranzschubert.com/ Bart Berman, pianist]
* [http://www.notesonfranzschubert.com/composit.htm Bart Berman, composition]
* [http://www.notesonfranzschubert.com/schubert.htm Notes on Franz Schubert by Bart Berman]
*Allmusicguide|id=41:101437

References

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