Pavel Berman

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Pavel Berman
Birth namePavel Berman
Born (1970-01-13) January 13, 1970 (age 55)
Moscow, Soviet Union
Genres classical music
Instrument violin
Years active1990 (1990) – present
Labels
Koch International,
Audiofon,
Discover,
Phoenix Classics,
Dynamic

Pavel Berman (born January 13, 1970, Moscow) is a violinist and conductor of Russian origin, laureate of international competitions.

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Biography

Pavel Berman was born in Moscow. Father — renowned Russian pianist Lazar Berman, mother — pianist Valentina Berman (Sedova). He studied at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory with Igor Bezrodnyi. In 1992 he moved on to study with Isaac Stern and Dorothy DeLay at the Juilliard School in New York. [1] [2]

Pavel Berman attracted the international attention when he won the First Prize and gold medal at the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis in 1990. [3]

Berman has appeared as a soloist and/or conductor with such orchestras as Italian Virtuosi, Moscow Virtuosi, Mantua Chamber Orchestra, [4] Haydn Orchestra of Bolzano and Trento, Teatro Farnese Orchestra, Teatro Filarmonico Orchestra, Teatro Carlo Felice Orchestra, RAI National Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonic Orchestra of Fenice, Santa Cecilia Orchestra, Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Symphony Orchestra, National Radio Orchestra of Romania, Gulbenkian Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Teatro Nacional de São Carlos Orchestra, Württemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn, Staatskapelle Dresden, Berliner Symphoniker, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, China Philharmonic Orchestra, [5] etc.

Pavel Berman has reached audiences at the Carnegie Hall [6] in New York, Théâtre des Champs Elysées and Salle Gaveau in Paris, Herkulessaal in Munich, Auditorio Nacional in Madrid, Bunka Kaikan in Tokyo, Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Palais des Beaux Arts in Brussels [7] and others.

In 1998 Pavel Berman founded and became a musical director of the Kaunas Chamber Orchestra in Lithuania, which eventually grew into Kaunas Symphony Orchestra.

Berman has recorded for Koch International, Audiofon, Discover, Phoenix Classics and Dynamic.

Teaching

Pavel Berman teaches at the Conservatory of Southern Switzerland and the Academy Lorenzo Perosi in Biella, Italy. Berman is also a Master Teacher for iClassical Academy. [8] With iClassical, Berman has recorded a series of online videos with the name "Paganini Unlocked" with all 24 Caprices in violin instruction and performance.

References

  1. "Pavel Berman" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 6 August 2008.
  2. Sand, Barbara Lourie (2005-11-01). Teaching Genius: Dorothy DeLay and the Making of a Musician. Amadeus Press. p. (unpaginated). ISBN   978-1-57467-376-0. This list of students and former students of Dorothy DeLay as of mid-1999 has been compiled from a number of sources ... Berman, Pavel: Concert Artist; First prize, Indianapolis Competition.
  3. Fanfare. J. Flegler. 1994. p. 138. LCCN   77644246. Moscow-trained Pavel Berman was born in 1970; he won the 1990 Indianapolis Violin Competition and recorded this disc at SUNY-Purchase in 1991.
  4. Teatro Bibiena
  5. "PAVEL BERMAN, VIOLIN" (PDF). РremioРaganini. Retrieved 2018-03-02.
  6. "Pavel Berman and Lazar Berman. Carnegie Hall". New York Magazine. 1993-10-25. Retrieved 2018-03-02.
  7. "PAVEL BERMAN, VIOLIN" (PDF). РremioРaganini. Retrieved 2018-03-02.
  8. Foundation, iClassical. "Pavel Berman". iClassical Academy. Retrieved 2019-08-29.