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Donald Berman
 Gil Gilbert
Pianist Donald Berman is a champion of new works by living composers, overlooked music by twentieth-century masters, and recitals that link classical and modern repertoires. His recordings The Unknown Ives Volumes 1 & 2 and The Uncovered Ruggles on New World Records have been internationally acclaimed. He is the pianist and Artistic Director of Americans in Rome: Music by Fellows of the American Academy in Rome, a four-volume CD on Bridge Records (2008). He has presented recitals, lectures, and master classes in Israel, Italy, and throughout the United States and co-directs the New England Conservatory Summer Piano Institute.
He has performed to critical acclaim at major halls in New York City and beyond and premiered works as diverse as Mark Rakowski's electro-acoustic When Brahma Sleeps, Su Lian Tan's U-Don Rock, David Rakowski's Chase, and Donald Martino's Piano Trio. Recently, Mr. Berman premiered and recorded Christopher Theofanidis's Piano Concerto with the Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra of Ohio and with the Belgrade Philharmonic in Serbia, and premiered the Fromm Foundation Commission of Stephen Jaffe's Viola Sonata with Jonathan Bagg of the Ciompi Quartet. Other recent performances have ranged from Mozart concertos with the Columbus Symphony to American music retrospectives, to recitals linking Haydn and Schubert with new music. He is a prizewinner of the 1991 Schubert International Competition and a member of the Dinosaur Annex New Music Ensemble since 1987. Mr. Berman has been presented by League/ISCM, Masters of Tomorrow in Germany, French Cultural Services (Fauré Sesquicentennial), and many others. He has premiered concertos, solo, and ensemble works with many organizations including Collage, Real Art Ways, and on his series Firstworks and Pioneers and Premieres. He studied with Leonard Shure (New England Conservatory), John Kirkpatrick, George Barth (Wesleyan University), Mildred Victor, and co-directs the new-music ensemble at Tufts University. |
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