Loading home…
Marcel Bergmann writes in a uniquely original voice that straddles the best of the classical and jazz worlds”. For the last 20 years, he has enjoyed an active musical career as a performer, composer, improviser and teacher. Marcel’s compositions include works for solo piano, duo piano, piano trio, chamber ensemble, songs, choir, chamber opera – as well as music for film and theatre/cabaret projects, and electroacoustic media (soundscapes). He fuses a variety of stylistic influences- ranging from minimalism and 20th century avant-garde to jazz, pop and world music into his own distinct musical language. His music has been described as “terrific fun“, with “new motifs, new things for the ears“, that “combines strands of boogie woogie, Ravel’s Gallic blues, and Dave Brubeck’s Bach-inspired counterpoint.“ Marcel’s skills as both, a performer and improviser in a variety of styles and genres have enabled him to be avid arranger. Over the past couple of decades he has arranged a considerable number of works-largely for two pianos and piano duet, but also for chamber ensemble. The repertoire spans from Bach to Bernstein (West Side Story) and Brubeck, from Joplin to Gershwin to contemporary jazz artists, such as Chick Corea and Pat Metheny. His arrangement of Mike Oldfield’s pop classic, Tubular Bells for 4 pianos was released on the Brilliant Classics label. His arrangements for chamber ensemble include pieces by Kurt Weill and Hanns Eisler, as well as John Lurie and the Lounge Lizards. An associate composer of the Canadian Music Centre, his music has been described as containing "evocative harmonies, energetic rhythms and bold sounds". www.marcelbergmann.com