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.

As a soloist, Berman was awarded the Dutch Prize of Excellence, the first prize in the Gaudeamus Competition for interpreters of contemporary music, 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. Current collaborations include flautist Abbie de Quant (since 1970), Duo 4 with pianist Meir Wiesel, the Tamar Piano Trio and duos with several vocalists; past partnerships include Duo Beer Sheva with the late pianist Sara Fuxon. Berman was a soloist with many Dutch and Israeli orchestras. He often records for CDs and radio and television programs. In 2004-2006 he plays the piano on-stage in the remake of Hanoch Levin's You, Me and the Next War.

Bart Berman studied piano with Jaap Spaanderman at the Amsterdam Academy of Music and complemented his piano education with Theo Bruins and a masterclass by Alfred Brendel. He taught piano at the music academies of Rotterdam and Arnhem and edited publications of the Israel Music Institute. He continues to teach and coach at masterclasses and workshops.

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.

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Selected discography

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Solo and duo albums

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Duo participation

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

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Performances at international events

  • 2006 Upper Galilee Music Days, Kfar Blum, Israel
  • 2001 International Opera Workshop, Tel Aviv
  • 1998 2nd International Ethnomusicology Conference, Jerusalem
  • 1997 Musica Da Camera Festival, Tel Aviv
  • 1994 Israel Festival, Jerusalem
  • 1989 Upper Galilee Music Days, Kfar Blum, Israel
  • 1987 Rhine Music Days, Düsseldorf, Germany
  • 1987 Israel Festival, Jerusalem
  • 1983 George Crumb Retrospective, Tel Aviv
  • 1981 Bach Marathon, Tel Aviv
  • 1980 ICSM World Music Days, Tel Aviv
  • 1974 ICSM World Music Days, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • 1974 Holland Festival, Amsterdam
  • 1972 Holland Festival, Amsterdam
  • 1972 Östersund Festival, Sweden
  • 1972 London Dutch-English Music Days, United Kingdom
  • 1970 Musical Fall of Como, Italy
  • 1968 Dijon University Holland Days, France
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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 Music Academy)
  • Three New Canons on the Theme of J.S. Bach: The Musical Offering (1978) (publisher: Elsevier)
  • Four Melodies for Piano (1960|1980) (publisher: Israel Music Institute)
  • Birthday Bunch by Bart (1994)
  • Film Music for The Staircase (1995)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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