Bart Berman

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Dutch-Israeli pianist and composer (born 1938)

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Bart Berman (; born 29 December 1938) is a Dutch-Israeli pianist and composer, best known as an interpreter of Franz Schubert and 20th-century music.{{citation | last = Seida | first = Linda | url = | title = Bart Berman – Biography | work = Allmusic | quote = Concert pianist Bart Berman focuses mainly on the works of Franz Schubert, and his recordings include a double CD of the composer's works. He also plays contemporary music and spent part of his career as a member of Ensemble M. | last = Young | first = John Bell | year = 1998 | title = Schubert: Unfinished Piano Sonatas: D 279, 571, 613, 625, 840 | journal = American Record Guide | volume = 62 | number = | page = 194 | quote = It's always gratifying to hear the underrated or rarely played music of a major composer. But it is no less satisfying to discover, for the first time, a great pianist at the helm of such works. I'd heard of Berman, who is Present in his 60s, but had never heard him. He is the quintessential musician's musician and, it seems, a product of the same central European tradition that produced Klien, Brendel, Wuhrer, Petri, Demus, and Fischer. ... This disc does double duty, in that it offers an eminently rewarding musical experience and introduces one of the premier Schubert interpreters of our time.

Career

Bart Berman studied piano with Jaap Spaanderman at a predecessor of the Conservatorium van Amsterdam and complemented his piano education with Theo Bruins and a master class by Alfred Brendel. In 1978 he moved to Israel.

As a soloist Berman was awarded the Dutch Prize of Excellence, the first prize in the Gaudeamus Competition for interpreters of contemporary music,{{cite journal | journal = The Musical Times |date=June 1970 | jstor = 956819 | title = Appointments, Awards, Competitions | volume = 111 | number = 1528 | page = 602 | quote = Bart Berman (Netherlands) has been awarded first prize among interpreters of contemporary music by the Gaudeamus Foundation. | doi=10.2307/956818 |last1=Field |first1=Keith | publisher = Historisch genootschap Roterodamum | title = Rotterdams jaarboekje |trans-title=Yearbook of Rotterdam | year = 1971 | page = 33 | quote = De pianist Bart Berman, leraar aan het Rotterdams Conservatorium, wint de eerste prijs in het Internationaal Gaudeamus Concours voor vertolkers van muziek van onze tijd. }} the Friends of the Concertgebouw Award and four first prizes at competitions for young soloists. He has performed 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 has recorded for radio and television.

Collaborations included those with flautist Abbie de Quant (since 1970), Duo 4 with pianist Meir Wiesel, the Tamar Piano Trio with violinist Itzhak Segev and cellist Louis Rowen, as well as ensembles with several vocalists among whom Bat-Sheva Zeisler. Past partnerships include Duo Beer Sheva with the late pianist Sara Fuxon, Ensemble M, and Negev Baroque. From 2004 until 2008 Berman accompanied the remake of Hanoch Levin's satirical cabaret You, Me and the Next War,{{cite news | last = Yudilovitch | first = Merav | date = 2005-02-08 | access-date = 2009-11-02 | url = https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3043092,00.html | script-title=he:את ואני והמלחמה הבאה' בתיאטרון הערבי-עברי' | trans-title="You, Me and the Next War" in the Arab-Hebrew Theater | work = Ynet | language = he | quote = בערב משתתפים שפרה מילשטיין, בת שבע ייזלר, רמי פלג וגד קינר אותם מלווה הפסנתרן ברט ברמן שיבצעו בין היתר את הפזמונים "את ואני והמלחמה הבאה", "חייל שחור מכה חייל לבן" ו"האלוף בום". את צאת ההצגות מלווה דיסק של שירי מערכוני המופע. |url=http://www.jewish-theatre.com/visitor/article_display.aspx?articleID=2607 |title=Schubert Plus: A pleasure for all senses |last=Windisch |first=Franziska |work=All About Jewish Theatre |access-date=2009-11-02 |quote=The singing is effectively accompanied by only a piano (Bart Berman) and a clarinet (Mor Levine), which really makes one wonder if a whole orchestra is always needed in order to endow music with utmost emotion. Together with the light that always reflects the mood, the singing and music form a fascinating unity. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927220145/http://www.jewish-theatre.com/visitor/article_display.aspx?articleID=2607 |archive-date=2011-09-27

Berman taught piano at the conservatoires of Rotterdam and Arnhem and was an editor of the Israel Music Institute. Among his many students are Cleem Determeijer, Kees van Eersel,{{cite news | url = http://www.genemuidenactueel.nl/index.php?pagina=nieuws&a=5288 | title = Kees van Eersel laat van zich horen in de Bovenkerk |trans-title=Kees van Eersel makes himself heard in the Bovenkerk | work = Genemuiden Actueel | date = 2009-08-13 | access-date = 2009-10-29 | last = Winters | first = Reint | language = nl | quote = Tijdens deze periode studeerde hij tevens koordirectie bij George Stam met bijvakken zang (bij Cees Touwen) en viool (bij mevr. De Monchy-Kuiper), compositie bij Otto Ketting en later hoofdvak piano bij Bart Berman. |url=http://library.osu.edu/sites/users/galron.1/00686.php |script-title=he:דרור אלימלך |trans-title=Dror Elimelech |work=Lexicon of New Hebrew Literature |quote=למד פסנתר אצל פנינה זלצמן, רות הילמן, ברט ברמן והלחנה אצל סרג'יו נטרא. |language=he |editor=Joseph Galron-Goldschläger |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100618160822/http://library.osu.edu/sites/users/galron.1/00686.php |archive-date=2010-06-18

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.

Discography

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Composition

  • Farce of the Cow (1956), theater music for a 1612 play by Gerbrand Bredero
  • Hans, the Bell Ringer (1956), theater music for a 1923 play by Johan Fabricius
  • Duo in Mediterranean Style for violin and viola (1957)
  • Christmas Song on a text by Bertus van Lier for choir a cappella (1957)
  • Allegro for Orchestra (1958)
  • Israeli Sonatina for piano (1958)
  • String Quartet (1958)
  • Four Melodies for piano (1960, revised 1980)
  • Three New Canons on the Royal Theme of J. S. Bach: The Musical Offering (1978)
  • Etude for the Fifths for piano (1992)
  • Birthday Bunch for piano (1994)
  • Film music for The Staircase for piano (1995)
  • Variations and Fugue on a theme by Nikolai Medtner for piano (2009){{cite web | url = http://www.no-r.co.il/item.php?id=1314 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090301203255/http://www.no-r.co.il/item.php?id=1314 | archive-date = 2009-03-01 | last = Gabriel | first = Hod | script-title=he:המאסטרו פרק 3 |trans-title=The Maestro Chapter 3 |date=February 2009 | access-date = 2011-06-29 | format = article and video | language = he | work = no-R | location = Israel
  • Dayenu Fantasy for piano (2014)

Cadenzas

  • Castiglioni: Arabeschi for flute, piano and orchestra (1974)
  • The Beethoven piano concerti (1966–1990)
  • The Mozart solo, double and triple piano concerti (1970–1990)
  • The Haydn piano concerti (1970–1990)

Completions

  • J. S. Bach: The Art of Fugue (1970)
  • Schubert: Unfinished Piano Sonatas (1976–1990)
  • Mozart: , K. 357 (1991)
  • Glinka: Sonata in D minor for viola and piano (1999)
  • Beethoven: Romance in E minor ("Romance Cantabile") for piano, flute, bassoon, and orchestra, Hess 13 (2001)

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)

References

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  4. Weekley, Dallas A., and Nancy Arganbright (1990). [https://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
  5. Lampson, Dave (1992) "[http://www.classical.net/music/recs/latkey.html Late Keyboard Music – Recommended CDs"]. ''[http://www.classical.net/ Classical Net].''
  6. "ATD 8306 From the city of Abraham's Well, the Duo Beersheva -- pianists Sarah Fuxon and Bart Berman -- play delightful Schubert rarities.". Fanfare.
  7. Fleischer, Robert Jay (1997) ''Twenty Israeli Composers: Voices of a Culture.'' [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]]: [[Wayne State University Press]], p. 343.
  8. De Vaglio M: [http://www.16noni.it/musica/martin.htm "Musica Da Camera, Martin, Gallo – DDD"] {{webarchive. link. (June 6, 2006 .[http://www.16noni.it ''16noni'']. {{in lang). it
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  15. Gottschalk, Achim (2006). "[http://www.aktiplan-sinzig.de/presse/pressespiegel2106.htm#kultur Schlosskonzerte enden mit Bart Berman] {{webarchive. link. (February 12, 2007 ." ''Pressespiegel für [[Sinzig]] und Umgebung'' KW 21. {{in lang). de
  16. (2010-01-25). "ה"שוברטיאדה": המנגינה לבדה – מוזיקה – גלריה – עכבר העיר". Mouse.co.il.
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