About
Lazar Naumovich Berman (Russian: Ла́зарь Нау́мович Бе́рман, Lazar Naumovich Berman; February 26, 1930 – February 6, 2005) was a Soviet Russian classical pianist, Honoured Artist of the RSFSR (1988). He was hailed for a huge, thunderous technique that made him a thrilling interpreter of Liszt and Rachmaninoff and a late representative of the grand school of Russian Romantic pianism. Emil Gilels described him as a "phenomenon of the musical world."
Discography
Albums
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Klavierkonzerte Nr. 1 & 2
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CBS Great Performances, Volume 72: Piano Concerto no. 3
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Transcendental Etudes
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Klavierkonzert Nr. 1 B-moll op. 23
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Piano Concerto No. 1 Op. 15
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Piano Concerto no. 1 / Violin Concerto
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Klavierkonzert Nr. 1 / Violinkonzert
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Berman Plays Liszt
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Années de pèlerinage: Complete Recording
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12 Études d'exécution transcendante
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Piano Concerto no. 1 / Années de pelèrinage / Consolations, S. 172 / Paraphrase Rigoletto, S. 434 / Funérailles / Mephisto Waltz
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Piano Concertos nos. 1 & 2 / Les Préludes / Hungarian Rhapsody
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Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 / Liszt: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
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6 Moments Musicaux; Variations On A Theme Of Corelli; 6 Préludes
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Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no. 1 / Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto no. 2
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Piano Sonata No. 3
Live
Compilations
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Lazar Berman: The Complete Sony Recordings Apple Music
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Années de pèlerinage / Funérailles / Hungarian Rhapsody no. 9 / Schubert Lieder Transcriptions
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Historic Russian Archives: Lazar Berman Edition
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The Best Of Chopin
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Favourite Piano Pieces
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"Paganini" Rhapsody / 6 Preludes / "Corelli" Variations
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Piano Concerto No. 2 In C Minor - Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini - 3 Preludes
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Piano Concerto no. 1 / Sonata in B minor / Hungarian Rhapsody no. 6 / Années de Pèlerinage (excerpts)
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Piano Concerto No. 1 / Sonata No. 8, Op. 13 "Pathétique"
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Pictures at an Exhibition
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Tchaikovsky1 & Rachmaninov 2 Piano Concertos
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Bilder einer Ausstellung / Romeo & Julia
Links
Parent
Teacher
- Janne Mertanen
- Marie Vermeulin
- Maurizio Baglini
- Enrico Elisi
- Enrico Pace
- Vardan Mamikonian
- Victor Chestopal
- Rueibin Chen
- Vika Yermolyeva
- Vladimir Stoupel
- Maria Clementi
- Alessandro Mazzamuto
- Ilona Timchenko
- Daniil Kopylov
- Romano Pallottini
- Chi Wu
- Christopher Hinterhuber
- Ioana Maria Lupașcu
- Александр Гольденвейзер
Also known as
Ла́зарь Нау́мович Бе́рман
Tags
- piano
- russian pianist
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- b468084e-d9c2-4350-b85f-6aa81dc07538
- ISNI
- 0000000063015286
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 14 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.