Boris Berman

Boris Berman Is A Russian Pianist And Pedagogue B. Moscow April 3 1948 . He Was A Student Of Lev Oborin At The Moscow Conservatory. He Made His Debut In Moscow In 1965. He Joined An Early Music Ensemble At The Time The Only One In Russia As A Harpsichordist. At The Same Time He Worked With Contemporary Composers Such As Alfred Schnittke And Edison Denisov. He Played In The First Russian Performances Of Works By Arnold Schoenberg Karlheinz Stockhausen Luciano Berio And György Ligeti. In 1973 He Was Permitted To Leave The Soviet Union For Israel. In 1979 He Went To The U.S. And Taught At Brandeis University Indiana University Bloomington And Yale. He Has Recorded The Complete Piano Works Of Sergei Prokofiev For The Chandos Label Among Other Recordings. He Has Also Written On These Works Prokofiev's Piano Sonatas Was Published By Yale University Press In 2008. read less