This concert will last about 90 minutes with one intermission.
Please silence your electronic devices.
Photography, video, or recording of any part of this performance is prohibited
Program
Franz Schubert 1797–1828
Four Impromtus, D. 938 1827
Allegro moderato
Allegretto
Andante
Allegro scherzando
intermission
Claude Debussy 1862–1918
Suite bergamasque 1890/1905
Prélude
Menuet
Claire de lune
Passepied
Three preludes from Book II
La Puerto del Vino
Bruyérs
“General Lavine”—eccentric–
Estampes 1894-1903
Pagodes
La soirée dans Grenade
Jardins sous la pluie
About BERMAN
A performer well known to audiences in fifty countries on six continents, Boris Berman regularly appears with orchestras, on recital series, and at festivals around the world. He studied at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory with distinguished pianist Lev Oborin.
An active recording artist and Grammy Award nominee, Berman was the first pianist to record Prokofiev’s complete solo piano works.
At the Yale School of Music, Berman teaches a studio of graduate students, coaches chamber groups, and heads the Piano Department. He is the Artistic Director of the School’s Horowitz Piano Series and frequently gives solo and collaborative performances as part of that series and others. Berman regularly performs and coaches at the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival/Yale Summer School of Music, teaches master classes throughout the world, and adjudicates national and international competitions.
Berman has authored two books published by the Yale University Press: Prokofiev’s Piano Sonatas: A Guide for the Listener and the Performer 2008 and Notes from the Pianist’s Bench 2000.
Event Details
Free admission