Bios Bio Bio (pdf) Short Bio (pdf) Photos Press Quotes (general) PDF Press Quotes (Ives & Ruggles) Reviews IVES The Unknown Ives, Vol.2, Fanfare, August 2017 LOVE'S SIGNATURE, Songs for Countertenor & Soprano, Voix des Arts, April 2017 Exploration, Pungency, Intensity Characterize Concert, Boston Musical Intelligencer, June 11, 2016 Longy Rings With Modernists, Boston Musical Intelligencer, January 16, 2016 American Masters - Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Boston Musical Intelligencer, July 21, 2015 BARGEMUSIC Masterworks Series, NY Times, May 31, 2015 BARGEMUSIC Masterworks Series, Concerto Net, May 29, 2015 Martin Boyken Music for Piano, NY Times, November 5, 2014 Celebration looks at lesser-known works, Boston Globe, October 22, 2013 Dedicated Ivesians at Tufts, Boston Musical Intelligencer, October 21, 2013 New Directions Curves Time, Boston Musical Intelligencer, October 21, 2013 Sensitive, Totally Expert Pierrot at Tufts, Boston Musical Intelligencer, April 7, 2012 Chamber Music with Violist Gilad Karni, Anita L. MacDonald, Feb. 2012 Collage Concert, Boston Musical Intelligencer, March 8, 2011 Transfigured Schönberg, Transcendent Shostakovich, Boston Musical Intelligencer, Sept. 27, 2011 Daniel Stepner & Donald Berman in Recital: January 29, 2011 Wheeler Wasting the Night Songs, Classical Review January 2011 An American Voice - The Light that is Felt, CD Reviews, Nov. 19, 2010 Gil Morgenstern’s Reflections Series at the Rubin Museum of Art, NYC, January 25, 2010 Hartford Courant: Berman Steals the Show, Courant.com, January 9, 2010 Americans in Rome, Fanfare, May/June 2009 "Building a Mountain of the Avant-Garde", The New York Times, March 3, 2009 Gramophone, March 09 Diverdi, February 09 Wire, February 09 BBC Magazine, February 09, Choice of the Month Americans in Rome, Feb 2009 "Americans in Rome", BBC Magazine, Jan. 2009 "Under the Influence, or Providing It," The New York Times, Jan 16, 2009 "In Chambers," The New Yorker, Jan 19,2009 Arthur Levering: Still Raining, Still Dreaming, Fanfare Magazine, August 2008 Classical Voice of North Carolina, November 5, 2006 Top 10 List for 2005, Boston Globe, December 11, 2005 International Piano, December 2005 "The Uncovered Ruggles", Fanfare Magazine, October 2005 "The Uncovered Ruggles," ClassicsToday.com, October 2005 "The Unknown Ives, vol 2," ClassicsToday.com, October 2005 "Free Radicals," The New Yorker, Sept 2005 The Uncovered Ruggles, AllMusic.com, June 2005 Evocative Music to String Pearls By, New York Times, June 19, 2005 "Dinosaur Annex, 30th Anniversary Concert," Boston Globe, April 12, 2005 BBC Review of The Unknown Ives, Volume II, April 11, 2005 Fanfare Magazine Review of The Unknown Ives, Vol 2, February 2005 "The Unknown Ives, Volume II," International Piano, January/February 2005 Top 10 List for 2004, Boston Globe, December 12, 2004 "Two Yankee Iconoclasts Juxtaposed on the Piano," New York Times, April 10, 2003 "Playing and Singing with Rome as Catalyst," New York Times, November 20, 2002 "Composers Inspired by an Idyll in Rome," New York Times, Oct. 19, 2002 In Collaboration with Mark Morris Dance Group, Boston Phoenix, Aug. 20, 2001 "Donald Berman: A Focus on Small Musical Changes," New York Times, March 12, 2001 "Pianist's Recital Hits the Right Chords," Columbus Dispatch, March 30, 2000 "The Unknown Ives," Fanfare, July/August 1999 Arthur Levering 20 Ways Upon the Bells "Donald Berman: American Innovators Bracketing the Century," New York Times, March 30, 1999 "Berman Stretches, Then Reaches the Limits," Boston Globe, March 21, 1999 "Pianist Berman Finds the Passion, Surprises in Faure," Boston Globe, May 20, 1995 "The First-Rate Donald Berman," Boston Globe, April 29, 1993 "Donald Berman: Adventurous, Substantive," Boston Globe, Oct. 7, 1992 "Jubel Nicht Nur Fur Preistrager," Dortmund Zeitung, Oct. 1, 1991 Articles "Beyond Classical Music’s Hit Parade", Tufts Journal, Taylor McNeil, Dec. 2 2009 "Where Americans Can Become More So," New York Times, Sept. 29, 2002 "Pianist Berman Wins International Competition," Interlude, 1991 Discography Audio Clips   Theofanidis: Piano concerto finale   Schubert: Sonate D.850   Levering: School of Velocity   Sheng: Piano Trio   Ives: Study 23   Ince: My Friend Mozart   Faure: Nocturne 6   Cage: Interlude 4   Theofanidis: Piano Concerto, movement 1   Wingate: When Brahma Sleeps   Wingate: Sombras   Moe: Hey Mr. Drummachine Man   Rakowski: Chase   Chasalow: Due Cintamani   Layton: Etude 2   Chanler: The Second Joyful Mystery   Diesendruck: Sound Reasoning in the Tower of Babel   Rush: Oh, Susanna   Steinert: Violin Sonata   Beeson: Prescription for Living Interviews   Between The Keys interview, WWFM, September 27, 2016   WOSU-FM interview   WNYC Soundcheck interview   The Connection interview Videos Charles Ives - "Decoration Day" Programs and Program Notes When Brahma Sleeps program, March 1, 2009 Miller Theater program, April 3, 2003 Miller Theater program notes Rome Prize Concerts program, Oct./Nov. 2002 (PDF) Pioneers & Premieres III program, May 6, 2001 Pioneers & Premieres III program notes Merkin Concert Hall program, March 3, 2001 Merkin Concert Hall program notes Goethe Institut program, May 22, 1999 Merkin Concert Hall Program (New York debut recital), March 23, 1999 Firstworks programs, 1996-1999 Pioneers & Premieres II program, April 14, 1996 Pioneers & Premieres II program notes Sesquicentennial program, May 18, 1995 Sesquicentennial program notes John Cage program, Dec. 31, 1994 149th birthday concert program, May 11, 1994 Pioneers & Premieres I program, April 28, 1993 Harvard Dudley House program, Oct. 5, 1992 Meister von Morgen program, 1991 Teaching My Teachers My Teaching Concerts and Lecture Demonstrations Program Offerings Composers A - Z Featured Composers and Their Works Schubert Pioneers and Premieres Ives and Ruggles Rome Prize Concerts Faure Sesquicentennial Concerts Ives & Ruggles Gallery Manuscript of Study #23 by Charles Ives John Kirkpatrick manuscript Evocation postcard Sketch by Carl Ruggles Artwork by Carl Ruggles Sunset painting by Carl Ruggles When Brahma Sleeps Never Mined What's New Contact Home Need help downloading a PDF?