Pavel Berman

Pavel Berman
Pavel Berman in 2009
Background information
Birth name	Pavel Berman
Born	(1970-01-13) January 13, 1970 Moscow, Soviet Union
Genres	classical music
Instrument	violin
Years active	1990 (1990) – present
Labels	Koch International, Audiofon, Discover, Phoenix Classics, Dynamic
Website	http://www.pavelberman.com

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

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.

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

Berman has appeared as a soloist and/or conductor with such orchestras as Italian Virtuosi, Moscow Virtuosi, Mantua Chamber Orchestra, 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, etc.

Pavel Berman has reached audiences at the Carnegie Hall 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 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. With iClassical, Berman has recorded a series of online videos with the name "Paganini Unlocked" with all 24 Caprices in violin instruction and performance.

External links

• Boestflaisch, Rainer (1992-06-13). "Kammermusikpodium mit Pavel Berman und Thomas Duis" [Chamber music podium with Pavel Berman and Thomas Duis]. Braunschweiger Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2018-02-10.
• "Pavel Berman war der Solist im Ersten Reutlinger Sinfoniekonzert" [Pavel Berman was the soloist in the First Reutlingen Symphony Concert]. Reutlinger Generalanzeiger (in German). 1993-09-08. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
• Cappelletto, Sandro (2008-04-23). "Violinisuperstar" (PDF). Stampa Torino (in Italian). Retrieved 2018-02-10.
• Montanari, Paolo (2008-05-01). "Standing ovation per Pavel Berman e gli eccellenti "Virtuosi di Mosca"" [Standing ovation for Pavel Berman and the excellent «Virtuosi di Mosca»] (PDF). L'Informazione di Modena (in Italian). Retrieved 2018-02-10.
• Haylock, Julian (2010-08-01). "CD Prokofiev - Complete Works for violin piano" (PDF). THE STRAD. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
• Iovino, Roberto (2013-09-29). "Carlo Felice, il primo sipario è europeo - Oggi il concerto per l'Unione: Borgonovo dirige il violino di Berman" [Carlo Felice, the first curtain is European - Today the concert for the Union: Borgonovo directs the Berman violin] (PDF). lA Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 2018-02-10.
• Rosasco, W. Edwin (2013-09-29). "Berman - Uno Stradivari per la città di Genova" [Berman - A Stradivari for the city of Genoa] (PDF). IL SECOLO XIX (in Italian). Retrieved 2018-02-10.
• Codazzi, Roberto (2013-09-29). "Stradivari, The King - Capolavori in concerto" [Stradivari, The King - Masterpieces in concert] (PDF). PIÙ MUSICA (in Italian). Retrieved 2018-02-10.
• "Daniel Oren al Politeama Garibaldi con il violonista Pavel Berman". ViVienna.it (in Italian). 2018-01-24. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
• "Kauno miesto simfoninis orkestras: pasitinkame Lietuvos valstybės atkūrimo šimtmetį". 15min.lt (in Lithuanian). 2018-01-16. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
• Romagnoli, Simona (2017-11-10). "Il violino virtuoso di Giuseppe Gibboni sul palco del Sociale" [The virtuous violin by Giuseppe Gibboni on the social stage]. La Stampa (in Italian). Retrieved 2018-02-10.
• "PAVEL BERMAN" (in Italian).
• "Pavel Berman and Lazar Berman. Carnegie Hall". New York Magazine. 1993-10-25. Retrieved 2018-03-02.
• "PAVEL BERMAN, VIOLIN" (PDF). РremioРaganini. Retrieved 2018-03-02.