Bart Berman
Bart Berman (Rotterdam, December 29, 1938) is an internationally active concert pianist, best known as an interpreter of Franz Schubert and 20th century music. He studied with Jaap Spaanderman at the Amsterdam Academy of Music and complemented his piano education with Theo Bruins and a masterclass by Alfred Brendel.As a soloist, Bart Berman was awarded the Dutch Prize of Excellence, the first prize in the Gaudeamus Competition for interpreters of contemporary music, the Friends of the Concertgebouw Award and four first prizes at competitions for young soloists.
Bart Berman has composed many original works, cadenzas to all piano concerti by Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven and second piano parts to be played alongside original compositions by Muzio Clementi and Daniel Steibelt. Most noted are his completions to Schubert's piano sonatas and J.S. Bach's Art of Fugue.