Roman Berger
Roman Berger (born August 9, 1930 in Cieszyn ) is a Slovak composer, music teacher and scholar.
Berger, who came from a Lutheran pastor family, studied piano and music theory at the Katowice Music Academy . From 1948 he continued his education at the University of Music in Bratislava (VŠMU), where he attended the piano classes of Frico Kafenda and Štefan Németh-Šamorínsky , and then began to teach. After he was banned from studying with Bolesław Woytowicz in Katowice, he became a composition student of Dezider Kardoš .
He completed his training in 1965 with distinction in the Transformations cycle . It was performed at the Prague Spring in 1967, but refused to be performed at the Warsaw Autumn 1968 after the Warsaw Pact troops marched into Czechoslovakia .
From the late 1970s, Berger's works were also performed internationally. He has also written numerous articles on music theory and philosophy, music analysis and interpretation. Among other things, he was awarded the Herder Prize of the University of Vienna (1988), the Gloria Artis Medal for Cultural Merit (2006), the Order of Polonia Restituta , Officer (2011), the Prize of the Polish Composers' Association (2012) and the diploma of the Pontifical Council for Culture (2013).
Web links
- Naxos - Roman Berger
- Deutschlandfunk, February 18, 2017: The composer Roman Berger - Melos, Ethos and Memento
- FilitT - Otvorená Filosofická Encyklopédia - Berger, R.
- Roman Berger at Discogs (English)
- Roman Berger at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nadanie orderów i odznaczeń. - Prawo.pl. Retrieved October 28, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Berger, Roman |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Slovak composer, music teacher and scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 9, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cieszyn |