Lazar Berman

Lazar Berman Naumovich (Russian Лазарь Наумович Берман; born February 26, 1930 in Leningrad † 6 February 2005 in Florence) was a Russian pianist.

He made ​​his first appearance at the age of seven years in Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre. His talent was encouraged from 1939 through an apprenticeship with Alexander Gold Weiser, Vladimir Sofronizki and Sviatoslav Richter at the Moscow Conservatory on.

Berman was first concerts in the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc. His priorities were works by Liszt and Beethoven. His development as a pianist of international renown began under Herbert von Karajan, under whose direction he recorded Tchaikovsky's B flat minor Piano Concerto. During the 1980s, he was critical of the regime because of statements the Soviet Union did not leave for several years.

1999 Berman was nominated for his work as a lecturer and from 1995 to 2000 as a visiting professor Honorary Senator of the College of Music Franz Liszt in Weimar.

Berman who successfully participated in numerous competitions, was one of the best interpreters of compositions by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Franz Liszt and Sergei Rachmaninoff.