Boris Berman

Boris Berman studied at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow under Lev Oborin, graduating with distinction both as pianist and harpsichordist. He performed extensively throughout the Soviet Union as his career developed.

In 1973 he emigrated to Israel, and has taught at Tel-Aviv, Indiana, Boston and Brandeis universities. He now heads the Piano Department at Yale University School of Music, New Haven.

Mr. Berman has performed in more than 40 countries and has been the featured soloist with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Royal Scottish Orchestra, the Philharmonia of London, and others.
He is a frequent performer in major recital series, and has appeared in music festivals such as Marlboro, Bergen, and Ravinia.

Boris Berman was founding director of the Yale Music Spectrum series (1984-1997), which has been widely praised for the inventiveness of its programming. He has recorded under the Philips, Deutsche Grammophon and Melodia labels.

For Chandos, he recorded the complete piano works of Prokofiev. Most recently, he completed a CD of music by Debussy for Ottavo, as well as a recording of works for "prepared piano" by John Cage for Naxos.