Bio:
Mark Berger is highly active as a performer in the Boston freelance scene and has performed with
many of Boston’s finest orchestras, including the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops
Esplanade, Emmanuel Music, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Opera Boston, and Boston Lyric
Opera. An avid chamber musician, he is a member of Music at Eden’s Edge, the Worcester Chamber
Music Society, has a duo partnership “The Two Composers” with pianist/composer Ketty Nez, and
has performed with the Lydian String Quartet and Radius Ensemble. Strongly devoted to the
performance of new music, Berger appears regularly with many of Boston’s new music ensembles
including Sound Icon, ALEA III and Ludovico Ensemble. He has performed at summer festivals
including Kneisel Hall and Tanglewood, where he was a member of the New Fromm Players, new
music ensemble-in-residence. Berger can be heard performing the music of Ketty Nez on Albany
Records.
As a composer, Berger’s works have been presented locally by Boston Musica Viva, the New York
New Music Ensemble, Dinosaur Annex, ALEA III, the Worcester Chamber Music Society, Xanthos
Ensemble, Music at Eden’s Edge, QX String Quartet, and the Lydian String Quartet, as well as
nationally and internationally by the Third Coast Percussion Quartet, Ensemble Permutaciones
(Mexico) and the Hellenic Ensemble of Contemporary Music (Greece). He has received awards from
the League of Composers/ISCM and ASCAP, and he has received grants from NEFA and the
Brannen-Cooper Fund. Berger received degrees from Boston University and Brandeis University,
and currently teaches courses at Boston College, UMass Lowell, Middlesex Community College, and
is a member of the string faculty at the Boston University Tanglewood Institute.
Mark Berger is highly active as a performer in the Boston freelance scene and has performed with
many of Boston’s finest orchestras, including the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops
Esplanade, Emmanuel Music, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Opera Boston, and Boston Lyric
Opera. An avid chamber musician, he is a member of Music at Eden’s Edge, the Worcester Chamber
Music Society, has a duo partnership “The Two Composers” with pianist/composer Ketty Nez, and
has performed with the Lydian String Quartet and Radius Ensemble. Strongly devoted to the
performance of new music, Berger appears regularly with many of Boston’s new music ensembles
including Sound Icon, ALEA III and Ludovico Ensemble. He has performed at summer festivals
including Kneisel Hall and Tanglewood, where he was a member of the New Fromm Players, new
music ensemble-in-residence. Berger can be heard performing the music of Ketty Nez on Albany
Records.
As a composer, Berger’s works have been presented locally by Boston Musica Viva, the New York
New Music Ensemble, Dinosaur Annex, ALEA III, the Worcester Chamber Music Society, Xanthos
Ensemble, Music at Eden’s Edge, QX String Quartet, and the Lydian String Quartet, as well as
nationally and internationally by the Third Coast Percussion Quartet, Ensemble Permutaciones
(Mexico) and the Hellenic Ensemble of Contemporary Music (Greece). He has received awards from
the League of Composers/ISCM and ASCAP, and he has received grants from NEFA and the
Brannen-Cooper Fund. Berger received degrees from Boston University and Brandeis University,
and currently teaches courses at Boston College, UMass Lowell, Middlesex Community College, and
is a member of the string faculty at the Boston University Tanglewood Institute.
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Mark Berger, composer/violinist/violist
