Bergmann Duo
We are a piano duo who perform Internationally. We play an eclectic mix of classical and contemporary pieces including our own original compositions and arrangements.
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Bios
The Bergmann Piano Duo described as artists who present “razzle-dazzle” and “electrifylingly rendered” recitals (The Vancouver Sun) have touched and inspired audiences with their uniquely eclectic programmes for more than two decades.
“Always adventurous, the married couple combines virtuosic dedication with the instincts of professional entertainers who love their music”
Showtime MagazineAs international prize winners, including the Dranoff International Two Piano Competition and Provincia di Caltanisetta International Chamber Music Competition, they have performed in recital and with orchestras North America and Europe including recent appearances at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam and in Munich in 2013. In a recent performance at the Salkind Duo Piano Festival, the Bergmann Duo “opened with a lush reading of the Ravel reductions of Nuages and Fetes from the orchestral Nocturnes by Debussy. Rich with colors and textures, the glorious scene was presented with attention to the most minute and delicate details of the work.” (The San Francisco Classical Voice)
An innovative and versatile ensemble
From performances in classical to contemporary
the Bergmann Duo is a pleasure to watch and listen to.
“The appealing duo presented a masterful achievement of brilliance, rhythmic vitality, and melodic shaping.”
Performances 2020
The Bergmann's - Live in Concert at a venue near you.
Spotlight Series- The Port Theatre
November 1, 2020 2:30pm The Port Theatre, Nanaimo, BC https://www.porttheatre.com/tickets/spotlight/
Fall Speakeasy Sessions-Back on the Bench
November 4, 2020 10:30am & 1:30pm Evergreen Theatre, Coquitlam, BC https://evergreenculturalcentre.ca/events/the-bergmann-duo-back-on-the-bench/
Back on the Bench
November 5, 2020 10:30am & 1:00pm The Act Arts Centre, Maple Ridge, BC https://theactmapleridge.org/bergmann-bench
Concerts Cafe Classico- Back on the Bench
November 8, 2020 3:00pm Rose Gellert Hall, Langley Community Music School https://langleymusic.com/concerts-events/concert-series/ccc/l
Surrey Arts Centre - Bach on the Bench
November 12, 2020 11:00am Note: Virtual viewing from your homehttps://www.surrey.ca/news-events/events/bach-bench-bergmann-duo
Back on the Bench
December 3 & 4, 2020 7:30pm Kay Meek Theatre, West Vancouver, BC https://kaymeek.com/events
Bach on the Bench
December 6, 2020 2:00pm & 7:30pm Chilliwack Cultural Centre, Chilliwack, BC https://www.chilliwackculturalcentre.ca/event/bach-on-the-bench-with-the-bergmann-duo/#.X3YpMVl7l0s
Fall Speak Easy Sessions-Music for Pedals and Strings
December 9, 2020 10:30am & 1:30pm Evergreen Theatre, Coquitlam, BC https://evergreenculturalcentre.ca/events/the-bergmann-duo-music-for-pedals-and-strings/
Music for 287 strings, 10 pedals and more
December 10, 2020 10:30am & 1:00pm The Act Arts Centre, Maple Ridge, BC https://theactmapleridge.org/bergmann-strings
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Piano Duo Extraordinaire having keyboard skills of the first order with impeccable musicianship!
The Calgary Herald
Repertoire
| Works for 2 Pianos | ||
| * Canadian works | ||
| J. Abram | Time, His Texture, 2005 * | |
| J. Adams | Hallelujah Junction, 1998 | |
| J.S. Bach | Schafe können sicher weiden (Arr. V. Babin) |
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| J.S. Bach (Arr. M. Bergmann) | Sinfonia | |
| J.Chr. Bach | Sonata in G major | |
| S. Barber | Souvenirs Op. 28 (Arr. Gold & Fizdale) | |
| B. Bartók | 7 pieces from Mikrokosmos | |
| A. Bell | A Long River, 2005 * | |
| A. Benjamin | Two Jamaican Street Songs | |
| M. Bergmann | Boogiemania, 2002* | |
| Urban Pulse, 2005* | ||
| Benvenuto, 2006* | ||
| Morning Train, 2006* | ||
| Midnight Journey, 2006* | ||
| Incessant Bells, 2007* | ||
| White Rock Boogie, 2011* | ||
| Double Spiral, 2012* | ||
| Fantasy on Themes from Rossini’s La Cenerentola, 2012* | ||
| Fear.....less, 2012* | ||
| Echoes of Tchaikovsky, 2014* | ||
| L. Bernstein (Arr. M. Bergmann) | Songs from West Side Story | |
| W. Bolcom | Recuerdos (Recreations),1991 | |
| Sonata, 1993 | ||
| The Serpent’s Kiss (Rag Fantasy) | ||
| P. Bowles | Night Waltz | |
| P. Bowles | Sonata | |
| J. Brahms | Haydn Variations, Op. 56b | |
| Sonata in f minor Op.34b | ||
| 5 Waltzes from Op. 39 | ||
| B. Britten | Introduction and Rondo alla burlesca Op. 23/1 | |
| Mazurka Elegiaca Op. 23/2 | ||
| D. Brubeck | Four by Four | |
| They All Sang Yankee Doodle | ||
| Points on Jazz | ||
| Blue Rondo (Arr. M. Bergmann) | ||
| E. F. Burian | American Suite | |
| Busoni/Mozart | Duettino concertante | |
| Fantasia for a Musical Clockwork f minor KV 608 | ||
| The Magic Flute Overture | ||
| F. Chopin | Rondo in C major Op. 73 | |
| M. Clementi | 2 Sonatas | |
| A. Copland | Danza de Jalisco | |
| El Salón México (Arr. L. Bernstein) | ||
| Saturday Night Waltz and Hoe Down from Rodeo | ||
| C. Corea | La Fiesta (Arr. M Bergmann) | |
| Native Sense (Arr. M. Bergmann) | ||
| Spain (Arr. M. Bergmann) | ||
| C. Debussy | Danses | |
| En blanc et noir | ||
| Lindaraja | ||
| Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune | ||
| 3 Nocturnes (Arr. M Ravel) | ||
| Symphony | ||
| Q. Doolittle | Vivaldiana, 1983 * | |
| P. Dukas | L’apprenti sorcier | |
| J. Franssens | Old Songs, New Songs, 1988 | |
| G. Gershwin | An American in Paris | |
| Preludes (Arr. G. Stone) | ||
| Rhapsody in Blue | ||
| Songs (Arr. M. Bergmann) | ||
| “I got Rhythm” Variations | ||
| Fantasy on ‘Porgy and Bess (Arr. M Bergmann) | ||
| G. Gershwin/ M. Bergmann | Medley for 2 pianos | |
| G. Gershwin/ P. Grainger | Fantasy on ‘Porgy and Bess’ | |
| E. Gismonti (Arr. M. Bergmann) | Infancia | |
| K. Graunke | Konzertanter Tango | |
| Walzer Rhapsodie | ||
| Virtuoser-Tango: Von Stern zu Stern | ||
| M. Infante | Danses andalouses | |
| Musiques d’Espagne | ||
| E. Lecuona | Malaguena | |
| G. Ligeti | 3 Pieces for 2 Pianos, 1976 | |
| F. Liszt | Concerto Pathétique | |
| Réminiscences de Don Juan | ||
| Mephisto Waltz | ||
| A. Louie | Afterimages, 1981 * | |
| W. Lutoslawski | Paganini Variations | |
| F. Martin | Overture and Foxtrot | |
| R. Matton | Danse brésilienne * | |
| C. McPhee | Balinese Ceremonial Music * | |
| O. Messiaen | Visions de l’Amen | |
| P. Metheny | Eighteen (Arr. M Bergmann) | |
| P. Metheny | Hermitage (Arr. M. Bergmann) | |
| D. Milhaud | La création du monde | |
| La Libertadora | ||
| Scaramouche | ||
| J. Moross | The Last Judgement | |
| The Big Country (Arr. M. Bergmann) | ||
| W.A. Mozart | Larghetto and Allegro in E flat | |
| Sonata in D major KV 448 | ||
| Adagio and Fugue KV 546 | ||
| E. Oosterveld | Two Busy, 1990 | |
| M. Oldfied | Tubular Bells (Arr. M. Bergmann) | |
| A. Piazzolla | Le Grand Tango | |
| Le Muerte del Angel (Arr. Pablo Ziegler) | ||
| Libertango (Arr. M. Bergmann) | ||
| Michelangelo 70 (Arr. Pablo Ziegler) | ||
| Oblivion (Arr. M. Bergmann) | ||
| Verano Porteno (Arr. Pablo Ziegler) | ||
| B. Pentland | Sonata for two pianos * | |
| F. Poulenc | Capriccio (d’après Le Bal masqué) | |
| Élégie | ||
| L’Embarquement pour Cythère | ||
| Sonate pour deux pianos | ||
| M. Raab | Beethoven-Variationen, 1991 | |
| S. Rachmaninoff | Suite No. 1 Op. 5 | |
| Suite No. 2 Op. 17 | ||
| Symphonic Dances Op. 45 | ||
| M. Ravel | Bolero | |
| La Valse | ||
| Rapsodie Espagnole | ||
| M. Ravel | Sites auriculaires | |
| S. Reich | Piano Phase, 1967 | |
| C. Saint-Saëns | Beethoven Variations Op. 35 | |
| P. Schoenfield | Taschyag, 1993 | |
| R. Schumann | Andante & Variations B major Op.46 | |
| Schumann (Trans. C. Debussy) | 6 Etudes en forme de canon Op. 56 | |
| E. Stein | American Sonatina | |
| J. Strauss/A. Chasins | The Blue Danube Waltzes | |
| Strauss/S. Kovacs | “Fledermaus” Paraphrase | |
| I. Stravinsky | Concerto per due pianoforti soli | |
| Le Sacre du Printemps | ||
| Sonata for two pianos | ||
| I. Stravinsky (Arr. V. Babin) | Three movements from ‘Petrouchka’ | |
| P. Tchaikovsky (Arr. N. Economou) | The Nutcracker Suite | |
| R. Waters (Arr. M. Bergmann) | Money | |
| Welcome to the Machine | ||
| R. Waters, D. Gilmore, R. Wright (Arr. M. Bergmann) | Shine on you crazy diamond | |
| B.A. Zimmerman | Perspektiven | |
| Works for 2 Pianos and Orchestra | ||
| V. Babin | Concerto No. 2 for 2 Pianos | |
| J. S. Bach | Concerto in c minor BWV 1060 | |
| Concerto in C major BWV 1061 | ||
| Bartók | Concerto for 2 pianos, percussion & orchestra | |
| M. Bergmann | Concerto for piano four hands and chamber ensemble, 2017* | |
| M. Bergmann | Concerto for 2 pianos, 2014* | |
| P. Bowles | Concerto for 2 Pianos | |
| B. Britten | Scottish Ballad for 2 Pianos & Orchestra Op. 26 | |
| L. Koželuch | Concerto for 1 Piano, 4 Hands | |
| C. McPhee | Tabuh-Tabuhan* | |
| W.A. Mozart | Concerto in E flat major KV 365 | |
| W.A. Mozart | Concerto in F major KV 242 | |
| F. Mendelssohn | Concerto in E major | |
| Concerto in A flat major | ||
| B. Martinu | Concerto for 2 Pianos | |
| F. Poulenc | Concerto in d minor for 2 Pianos | |
| C. Saint -Saëns | Le carnaval des animaux | |
| R. Vaughan-Williams | Concerto for 2 Pianos | |
| Works with Voice & / or Choir | ||
| M. Bergmann | Midsummer Flower for mixed choir, 2 pianos and percussion, 2008 * | |
| L. Berio | Magnificat | |
| L. Bernstein | Arias & Barcarolles | |
| J. Brahms | Liebeslieder- Waltzes Op. 52 & 65 | |
| German Requiem | ||
| W. Mathias | Salvator Mundi | |
| R. Schumann | Spanische Liebeslieder Op. 138 | |
| I. Stravinsky | Les Noces | |
| Symphony of Psalms | ||
| C. Orff | Carmina Burana | |
| M. Oldfield (Arr. M. Bergmann) | Tubular Bells for 2 pianos, choir and percussion, 2017 | |
| Catulli Carmina | ||
| Watson-Henderson | Voices of Earth * | |
| Works for 2 or more Pianos & other Instruments | ||
| J.S Bach | Concerto for 4 pianos in a minor, BWV 1065 | |
| B. Bartók | Sonata for 2 pianos & percussion | |
| M. Bergmann | Four for Boogie, 2012 (for 4 pianos) * | |
| L. Bernstein | Symphonic Danses from West Side Story (2 pnos & perc.) | |
| W. Bolcom | Frescoes (2 pnos, harpsichord & harmonium) | |
| D. Brubeck | Blue Rondo a la Turk for 3 pianos (Arr. M. Bergmann) | |
| C. Czerny | Second Grand Quatour concertant pour 4 pianos op. 816 | |
| D. Eisenga | City Lines (2 pnos, 8 hands) | |
| G. Gershwin/M. Bergmann | Medley for 2 pianos, 8 hands | |
| A. Koerppen | Concerto a quattro (2 pnos & perc) | |
| Konzert im Dreieck for piano, harpsichord, harmonium | ||
| P. Lieberson | King Gesar ( 2 pnos, narrator/singer, fl, cl, hrn, trb, vc, perc.) | |
| V.V. Maschek | Concertino for pno (4 hds), 2 fl, 2cl, 2 hrn & 2 bssn | |
| C. Michans | Joy for 3 pianos | |
| M. Oldfield (Arr. M. Bergmann) | Tubular Bells (4 pianos or 4 keyboards) | |
| Tubular Bells (2 pianos, 8 hands) | ||
| A. Piazzolla (Arr. M. Bergmann, J. Van Veen) | The Seasons for 2 pianos, 8 hands | |
| A. Piazzolla (Arr. M Bergmann) | Libertango for 2 pianos and string quartet | |
| Milonga del Angel for 2 pianos and string quartet | ||
| S. Reich | Sextet (2 pnos, synth., 4 perc.) | |
| R. Schumann | Andante & Variations op. 46 for 2 pnos, hrn & 2 vc | |
| I. Stravinsky | Le Sacre du Printemps (4 pianos) | |
| P. Tchaikovsky | 1812 Overture (2 pianos, 8 hands) arr. Langer | |
| S. Ten Holt | Canto Ostinato, 1979 | |
| A. Vivaldi (Arr. T. Baynov) | Concerto for Celli | |
| Works for 1 Piano, 4 hands | ||
| J.S. Bach/G. Kurtág | Chorale transcriptions | |
| L. Bernstein (Arr. M. Bergmann) | West Side Story | |
| From Candide- I am easily assimilated | ||
| Candide Overture | ||
| J. Bizet (Arr. M. Rebrovic) | Carmen | |
| J. Bizet | Jeux d’enfants Op. 22 | |
| J. Brahms | Liebeslieder- Waltzes Op. 52a | |
| Neue Liebeslieder- Waltzes Op. 65 | ||
| Hungarian Dances | ||
| Variations on a theme by Schumann Op. 23 | ||
| Waltzes Op. 39 | ||
| M. Burtch | Sonatina for piano, 4 hands | |
| A. Casella | Pupazzetti | |
| Pagine de Guerra | ||
| F. Chopin | Variations in D major | |
| C. Czerny | Ouvertüre caractéristique et brillante | |
| C. Corea | La Fiesta | |
| C. Debussy | Six épigraphes antiques | |
| Petite Suite | ||
| Marche écossaise | ||
| Symphony in b minor | ||
| L. Delibes (Arr. R. De Vilbac) | Sous le dôme épais | |
| A. Dvorák | Legends Op. 59 | |
| Slavonic Dances Op. 46 & 72 | ||
| G. Fauré | Dolly Suite Op. 56 | |
| C.W. Gluck | Che farò senza Euridice | |
| E. Grieg | Norwegian Dances Op. 35 | |
| Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 | ||
| G. Gershwin | Rhapsody in Blue (Arr. H. Levine) | |
| Songs (Arr. M. Bergmann) | ||
| J. Gottlieb | The Silent Flickers, 1996 | |
| L. M. Gottschalk | Grande Tarantelle Op. Posth. 67 | |
| La Gallina Op. 53 | ||
| Ojos criollos Op. 37 | ||
| P. Hindemith | 6 Waltzes ‘Drei Wunderschöne Mädchen im Schwarzwald” Op.6 | |
| Ragtime, 1921 | ||
| Sonata, 1938 | ||
| F. Liszt | Grand Concert Fantasy from Sonnambula(Bellini) | |
| F. Mendelssohn | Allegro brillant Op. 92 | |
| D. Milhaud | La création du monde | |
| M. Moszkowski | Spanish Dances Op. 12 | |
| W.A. Mozart | Andante & Variations G major KV 501 | |
| Fantasy in f minor KV 594 | ||
| Fantasy in f minor KV 608 | ||
| Sonata in B major KV 358 | ||
| Sonata in D major KV 381 | ||
| Sonata in C major KV 521 | ||
| W.A. Mozart/F. Liszt | Der, welcher wandert from “The Magic Flute” | |
| W.A. Mozart (Arr. A. Zemlinsky) | Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja from "The Magic Flute" | |
| W.A. Mozart (Arr. A. Zemlinsky) | Ach, ich fuhl's from "The Magic Flute" | |
| F. Nietzsche | Monodie á deux | |
| Nachklang einer Sylvesternacht | ||
| B. Pentland | Puppet Show * | |
| Three Duets after pictures by Paul Klee * | ||
| A. Piazzolla | Libertango (Arr. M. Bergmann) | |
| Oblivion (Arr. M. Bergmann) | ||
| F. Poulenc | Sonate, 1918 | |
| S. Rachmaninoff | Six Morceaux Op. 11 | |
| M. Ravel | Ma Mère l’Oye | |
| G. Rossini/arr. A. Schoenberg | Overture to the Barber of Seville | |
| C. Saint-Saëns | Le carnaval des animaux | |
| Danse macabre | ||
| E. Satie | Parade | |
| La Belle Excentrique | ||
| F. Schubert | Deux marches caractéristiques Op. 121 | |
| Duo in a minor Op. posth. 144 | ||
| Fantasy in f minor D 940 | ||
| Grande Sonate B major Op. 30 | ||
| Rondo A major Op. 107 | ||
| Divertissement à l’hongroise | ||
| Eight variations on an original theme Op. 35 | ||
| Variations on a French Song D 624 | ||
| Sonate Grand Duo D. 812 |
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| E. Schulhoff | Ironien Op. 34, 1920 | |
| R. Schumann | Bilder aus dem Osten Op. 66 | |
| B. Smetana | The Moldau | |
| I. Stravinsky | Petrouchka | |
| A. Vivaldi | The Four Seasons | |
| R. Weidberg | Variations on a theme by Mozart, 1997 | |
Music
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Music lessons
We love to share our experience and knowledge with students of all ages. We offer lessons in piano, piano ensemble, composition, arranging, improvisation, theory, ear training and sight reading as well as consultation sessions. Please visit our studio website for more information at www.bergmannduopianostudio.com