School of Music awards prizes at annual honors dinner
The School of Music held its annual honors dinner on Sunday, May 5. The event offered tributes to distinguished alumni and faculty, and honored outstanding students. The Cultural Leadership Citation was awarded to James D’Addario. D’Addario is the CEO of D’Addario Strings, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of instrument strings, and (with his wife) co-founder of [...]
Yale in New York presents Paul Hindemith: Master and Prankster
Concerts in New Haven and New York mark the 50th anniversary of the death of the former Yale professor The critically-acclaimed Yale in New York series presents PAUL HINDEMITH: MASTER AND PRANKSTER on April 25 in New Haven and April 28 in New York. The program marks the 50th anniversary of the death of the prolific composer and former [...]
Concert features complete Brahms piano quartets April 2
Performed by Boris Berman, Julie Eskar, Ettore Causa, Clive Greensmith The Yale School of Music presents a performance of the complete Brahms quartets for piano and strings on Tuesday, April 2, 2013. Pianist Boris Berman, guest violinist Julie Eskar, violist Ettore Causa, and cellist Clive Greensmith (of the Tokyo String Quartet) will join forces for [...]
Concert features music of the Russian Thaw April 7
Note: This concert was originally scheduled for February 10 and was postponed due to the blizzard. Lecture-recital includes music by Denisov, Pärt, Schnittke, and more Boris Berman, professor of piano at the Yale School of Music, will perform music from the “Russian Thaw” the evening of Sunday, April 7. The Thaw was a period of relative liberalization of Soviet [...]
Ettore Causa and Boris Berman perform Feb. 19th
Duos for piano and viola by Schumann, Brahms, Hindemith, and more The Yale School of Music’s Faculty Artist Series presents violist Ettore Causa and pianist Boris Berman in a concert on Tuesday, February 19 at 8 pm. The duo will perform music by Schumann, Brahms, Hindemith, and Franck. The concert will open with two movements [...]
POSTPONED: Boris Berman performs music of the “Russian Thaw” and beyond Feb. 10
Update 2/10/2013: This concert has been postponed because of snow. Lecture-recital includes music by Denisov, Pärt, Schnittke, and more Boris Berman, professor of piano at the Yale School of Music, will perform music from the “Russian Thaw” the evening of Sunday, February 10. The Thaw was a period of relative liberalization of Soviet cultural policies in the [...]
Boris Berman plays music from a hundred years back Nov. 7
Program highlights Scriabin, Prokofiev, Debussy Multimedia program includes Debussy, Scriabin, Prokofiev NEW HAVEN, CT | The Horowitz Piano Series at the Yale School of Music presents A Hundred Years Back: music written 1912–1913, a performance by pianist Boris Berman, on Wednesday, November 7. Featuring pieces by Scriabin, Prokofiev, and Debussy, the recital highlights the rich variety [...]
New translation of Boris Berman’s Notes from the Pianist’s Bench
Boris Berman’s book Notes from the Pianist’s Bench has been released by Shanghai Press in a new translation. Professor Beiwha Tang of the Shanghai Conservatory has translated the book into Chinese (simplified characters). The book, originally published in 2001 by Yale University Press, had previously been translated into Korean, Japanese, Spanish, and Chinese (traditional characters). [...]
Yale in New York announces 2012–2013, its sixth season at Carnegie Hall
“Many magnificent evenings of inventive programming.” — The New York Times Yale in New York, the concert series directed by David Shifrin, announces its 2013–2013 season. At the center are celebrations: of composers, performing artists, and musical forms. Four concerts presented in Zankel Hall and Weill Recital Hall explore the deep, creative, and exciting collaborations [...]
Student & alumni pianists perform in Ankara, Turkey
On May 22, piano students Lee Dionne ’13MM, Henry Kramer ’13AD, and Esther Park ’12AD, ’13MMA performed with the Bilkent Symphony Orchestra in Ankara, Turkey. The concert was conducted by the orchestra’s music director, Maestro Isin Metin (pictured at left). Boris Berman, a faculty member and the chair of the piano program at the School [...]
Faculty artists perform Brahms chamber music Jan. 31
Concert features Boris Berman, Ettore Causa, Clive Greensmith, & more The Yale School of Music presents four prestigious performers in a Faculty Artist Series concert on Tuesday, January 31. Pianist Boris Berman, violinist Julie Eskar, violist Ettore Causa, and cellist Clive Greensmith (pictured at left, best known as part of the Tokyo String Quartet) will [...]
YSM pianists survey Prokofiev’s nine piano sonatas
Dec. 5 & 7 in New Haven, Dec. 11 in New York The Yale School of Music presents all of the Prokofiev Piano Sonatas in two pairs of performances: December 5 and 7 at 8 pm at Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Hall, and December 11 at 5:30 pm and 8:30 pm in Weill Recital [...]
Ettore Causa and Boris Berman perform Nov. 30
Concert features Shostakovich viola sonata, transcriptions of Schumann and Brahms The Yale School of Music presents violist Ettore Causa and pianist Boris Berman in a Faculty Artist Series concert on Wednesday, November 30. Causa and Berman – both internationally acclaimed musicians in their own right – will perform duo sonatas of Schumann, Shostakovich, and Brahms, [...]
Boris Berman opens Horowitz Piano Series Oct. 5
Program highlights Schumann and Brahms Internationally renowned concert pianist Boris Berman, artistic director of the Horowitz Piano Series at Yale, opens the 2011–2012 season with a solo recital on Wednesday, October 5 at 8 pm in Morse Recital Hall. The recital will focus on music of German Romantic composers: Beethoven, Schumann, and Brahms. Berman, praised [...]
New edition of Prokofiev piano sonatas, edited by Boris Berman
Shanghai Music Publishing House has published the complete Piano Sonatas by Prokofiev in a new performance edition by Boris Berman. Berman, a member of Yale School of Music faculty since 1984, is a recognized authority on the music of Prokofiev. This bilingual (English-Chinese) publication contains various recommendations for performers. Berman compared the text of the [...]
Boris Berman plays Bach keyboard concertos April 6
Will perform with quartet of YSM faculty and alumni performers The Horowitz Piano Series at the Yale School of Music presents a recital by pianist Boris Berman and guest artists on Wednesday, April 6, 2011 at 8 pm in Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Hall (470 College Street, New Haven). The concert presents four concertos [...]
RESCHEDULED: Pianist Boris Berman and violist Ettore Causa play Brahms and Schumann Mar. 26
Program features music written for wind instruments, adapted for viola The Yale School of Music presents a Faculty Artist Recital by Ettore Causa, viola, and Boris Berman, piano, on Saturday, March 26, at 5 pm in Morse Recital Hall (located in Sprague Hall at 470 College Street, New Haven). The recital was originally scheduled for [...]
Boris Berman conducts video conference master class with students in Australia
Boris Berman has given master classes all over the world. But his October 28 master class with students at the University of Queensland (UQ), Australia, was different. Berman sat at the piano in the Center for Studies in Music Technology (CSMT) at the Yale School of music, while the students were at the UQ Centre [...]
Boris Berman and Eteri Andjaparidze join together in an evening of Schumann piano duos October 13
First Horowitz Series concert of the season celebrates the 200th anniversary of Schumann’s birth The Horowitz Piano Series at the Yale School of Music presents Boris Berman and Eteri Andjaparidze playing piano duos of Robert Schumann on Wednesday, October 13 at 8 pm in Sprague Hall (470 College Street, New Haven). Berman, coordinator of the [...]
Spanish edition of Boris Berman’s book released, translated by Hector Sanchez ’04DMA
The Spanish translation of Professor Boris Berman’s book Notes from the Pianist’s Bench has been released. Hector Sanchez ’04DMA, a pianist who studied with Berman at the Yale School of Music, is the translator. The book has already been published in Chinese (traditional characters), Korean, and Japanese. Notes from the Pianist’s Bench, selected by Choice [...]
Boris Berman plays Debussy’s 24 Preludes on March 31
The Horowitz Piano Series at the Yale School of Music presents Boris Berman playing the complete set of Claude Debussy’s 24 Preludes on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at 8 pm in Sprague Hall (470 College Street, New Haven). Berman, coordinator of the piano department and artistic director of the Horowitz Piano Series, will bring his [...]
Netcast: Boris Berman on Rediscovered Prokofiev
Watch Boris Berman, the acclaimed pianist and Prokofiev specialist, speak with Associate Dean Michael Yaffe on the upcoming Rediscovered Prokofiev concert program. The Yale in New York series presents two evenings of premieres and rarely-heard works by the Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev on February 8 and 9. Berman, who conceived the program, performs with faculty [...]
Yale in New York series offers a preview of Prokofiev Rediscovered: premieres and rarities
Among the three premieres is the unfinished opera Distant Seas and Music for Athletic Exercises, performed with dance The celebrated Yale in New York series offers a special preview concert of its Prokofiev Rediscovered program on Monday, February 8, 2010 at 8 pm in Sprague Hall (470 College Street, New Haven). The program, which will [...]
Japanese translation of Boris Berman’s book released
The Japanese translation of Professor Boris Berman’s book Notes from the Pianist’s Bench has been released by Ongaku no Tomo in Tokyo. The book has already been published in Chinese (traditional characters) and Korean. Notes from the Pianist’s Bench, selected by Choice as an Outstanding Academic Title upon its publication in 2001, draws on Berman’s [...]
