Karel Berman
Karel Berman (14 April 1919 in
, opera director, and translator.Life
After extensive musical education, Karel Berman started his career as a
Theresienstadt, where he took part in cultural life as a singer, composer and director.[2] On 11 July 1944, for example, he and Rafael Schächter produced the "Four songs to words of Chinese poetry" by Pavel Haas for the first time.[2] In 1944 he composed Suite Terezin in three movements ('Terezin', 'Horror', and 'Alone'); a work which musicologist Bret Web described as "a rare in situ tone portrait of life in a Nazi camp".[3]
Later he was also imprisoned in
Prague National Theatre opera. Berman is also remembered as an opera director, having directed more than 70 operas.[4] He taught at the Prague Conservatory from 1961–71, and from 1964 at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.[1]
Works
- 1944 Poupata ("Buds") Bass-baritone songs and piano
- Majové ráno (Eva Nonfriedová)
- Co se děje při probuzení (Kamil Bednář)
- Děti si hrají (Josef Hora)
- Před usnutím č. 1 (František Halas)
- Velikonoční (František Halas)
- 1938 - 1945 Reminiscences Suite Piano (first published in 2000)
- Terezín Suite Piano
- Glow-worms" - after the children's book by Jan Karafiát) Soprano and piano (later made world-famous by Jiří Trnka as a cartoon)
Recordings
- Historical recording opera arias, conducted František Dyk
Notes
- ^ a b c Karel Čálek (2002). "Karel Berman". Velký křížovkářský slovník: A-N. Ottovo nakladatelství v divizi Cesty. p. 310.
- ^ ISBN 9789401404938.
- ISBN 978-0-19-165078-9.
- ^ Vrkočová, p. 18
References
- Vrkočová, Ludmila: Slovníček hudebních osobností. 1999. ISBN 80-901611-5-4
- ISBN 978-3-9503173-3-6, p. 125, p. 139, p. 271, p. 286
External links
- Music and the Holocaust - Karel Berman, holocaustmusic.ort.org; accessed 29 September 2017.