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.
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 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 plays part in the remake of Hanoch Levin's satirical cabaret You, Me and the Next War. [2] [3]
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.
Discography
Solo and duo albums
- 1978 Bart Berman, piano: Vriend, Hekster, Loevendie, De Vries, Kleinbussink (
Golf) - 1983 Franz Schubert: Music for Piano Four Hands (
Jerusalem[4][5], 
Stradivari (1988)[6]) - 1985 Kibbutz Composers: Piano Music for Two and Four Hands ( Jerusalem)
- 1996 Duo 4 Live: Beethoven, Brahms, Schubert, Clementi, Bizet ( Private)
- 1997 Franz Schubert: (Un)finished Piano Sonatas ( Erasmus)
Solo and duo participation
- 1989 Piano Masterpieces ( Maestro)
- 1990 Meir Mindel: Tamar ( IBF)
- 1991 Frank Martin: Chamber Music (
Gallo) - 1997 David Ori: Musical Portret ( Zikidisc)
- 1998 Chaya Arbel: Works ( Private)
- 1999 Tsippi Fleischer: Israel at Fifty ( Opus One)
- 1999 Rachel Galinne: Uneginotai Nenagen ( MCI)
- 2001 Gabriel Iranyi: Bird of Wonder (
Hungariton) - 2003 Chaya Arbel: More Works ( ICL)
Other participation
- 1974 Peter Schat: To You ( Harlekijn,
Telefunken) - 1976 Sergei Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet ( Philips)
- 1977 George Antheil: Ballet Mécanique ( Donemus)
- 1994 Sergei Prokofiev: Favourite Orchestral Suites ( Philips)
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
- 1973 Dutch-English Music Days, London [7]
- 1972 Holland Festival, Amsterdam
- 1972 Östersund Festival, Sweden
- 1970 Musical Fall of Como, Italy
- 1968 Holland Days, Dijon, France
Selected 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 String quartet
- 1978 Three New Canons on the Royal Theme of J.S. Bach: The Musical Offering
- 1960 (rev. 1980) Four Melodies for Piano
- 1994 Birthday Bunch by Bart
- 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 Three New Canons in Various Styles on the 'Royal Theme' from The Musical Offer 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
External links
References
- ^ The Musical Times (1970). "Appointments, Awards, Competitions." The Musical Times 111 (1528): 602.
- ^ Parchomovsky, Mart (2004) "You, Me and the Next War." Tarboot 7. Template:He icon
- ^ Yudilovitch, Merav (2005) "You, Me and the Next War" in the Arab-Hebrew Theater. Ynet 8 February.
- ^ Meyer, Kurtz (1985) "Index to Record Reviews." Notes, Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association 41 (4): 751-774.
- ^ 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
- ^ Lampson, Dave (1992) "Late Keyboard Music - Recommended CDs". Classical Net.
- ^ The Musical Times (1973). "London Diary for January." The Musical Times 114 (1570): 1304-1308.