Dr. Reena Berger Piano Assistant Professor of Music Pittsburg State University Department of Music 1701 S. Broadway Pittsburg, KS 66762 620/235-4475 office phone 620/235-4468 fax rberger@pittstate.edu

Pianist Reena Berger has performed as soloist and chamber musician in Canada, the United States, Israel, China, Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay. These appearances include performances at the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Edward Pickman Hall in Cambridge MA, The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Midday Concert Series, the House of the U.S. Ambassador to Israel, the Christ Church Cathedrale, the Chapelle du Bon Pasteur, Salle Claude Champagne, Salle Marie Stèphane, Tudor Hall, and the Gelber Conference Center in Montreal. She was featured on radio and television, most notably in a television documentary pertaining to the Czech culture playing the piano pieces of Smetana and Martinu, and on Boston's radio station WGBH in the program "Off the Record." Dr. Berger has also performed in many music festivals. They include: the Banff School of Fine Arts (Canada), The Russian School of Music (Freiberg, Germany), the Kent-Blossom Music Festival (U.S.), and the Orford Arts Center (Canada). In August 2004, Dr. Berger traveled to China to perform recitals in the China/Harbin Summer Music Festival. Additionally, she presented master classes and lectures at the Harbin Normal University (China), and at conservatories in the surrounding area. In August/September 2005, during a residency in South America, Dr. Berger presented solo recitals and master classes in Asuncion, Paraguay, at universities in southern Brazil, and a solo recital at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Since moving to the United States in 2000, Dr. Berger has presented guest artist recitals and master classes at several university music schools in this country. In this region of the country, Dr. Berger maintains a presence on the touring rosters of both the Kansas Arts Commission and the Mid-America Arts Alliance.

A recipient of numerous prizes, awards and grants, Dr. Berger was born in Montreal. She studied at the McGill Conservatory of Music, the Rubin Academy of Music (Tel Aviv University), the New England Conservatory of Music, and the University of Montreal. Her principal teachers were Marc Durand, Patricia Zander and Viktor Dervianko. She also worked with Garrick Ohlsson, Menahem Pressler, Georgy Sëbok, Vitaly Margulis, Karl Engel, André Laplante, and Anton Kuerti.

Dr. Berger was a teaching assistant to the piano department at New England Conservatory of Music. From 1994-1999, she was a lecturer in piano at the University of Montreal. Since 2000, Dr. Berger is assistant professor of piano and head of the piano department at Pittsburg State University. Her students have been winners of numerous competitions and awards.