David Bernard News

On Saturday May 3rd at 8PM and Sunday May 4th at 3PM, the Park Avenue Chamber Symphony is featuring Spencer Myer, Gold Medalist of the 2008 New Orleans International Piano Competition as soloist in Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2. We sat down with Spencer to find out more about this brilliant pianist in advance of his concerts with the Park Avenue Chamber Symphony.

The Massapequa Philharmonic will be featuring guest conductor David Bernard and violinist Kristin Lee in its Season Finale at Berner Auditorium in Massapequa on Saturday May 10th at 8 pm. The program will feature some of the most sublime and engaging classical music, including Dvorak's brilliant Symphony No. 9 (“From the New World”), Brahms exciting Academic Festival Overture and Saint-Saëns alluring and passionate Violin Concerto No. 3 featuring Ms. Lee. “I am looking forward to collaborating with the Massapequa Philharmonic and Kristin Lee on this fantastic program,” says guest conductor David Bernard. “Dvorak's New World Symphony is thoroughly engaging, while Kristin Lee will dazzle with her artistry in the Saint-Saëns concerto. This concert will be a great experience for the audience.”

New York City has lots of big attractions that people around the world are well aware of. But New York City also has smaller gems that don't get the same attention but still shine just as brightly. The Park Avenue Chamber Symphony is one such gem. Last Sunday afternoon, this superb ensemble led ably by Maestro David Bernard delivered an impressive performance of Beethoven's Symphony No. 2, which many, more well-known and well-funded, orchestras would be jealous of. Maestro Bernard, who worked without benefit of a score, brought a brilliant and bright quality to the first Allegro movement. The Larghetto that followed was mannered and precisely shaped. The Scherzo, usually performed as a light and merry dance, felt a bit wayward, as the playing got a bit loose. But a strong, majestic and fiery Finale brought the first half to a satisfying conclusion. The Second Symphony was composed during the summer and fall of 1802 and it signaled the end of Beethoven's 'early period.' For the composer, this was a time of great despair because he was finally realizing that his deafness could not be cured and would indeed be a permanent affliction. That despair is deeply engrained in the work, and the Park Avenue Chamber Symphony dug deep and tapped into that despair and communicated it amiably to the audience.

The Park Avenue Chamber Symphony led by music director David Bernard will be performing a stimulating and provocative program of works by Beethoven, Barber and Bartok featuring American Soprano Tamra Paselk at All Saints Church in New York City tonight, February 22nd at 8PM and Sunday February 23rd at 3PM.

Park Avenue Chamber Symphony led by music director David Bernard performs Beethoven, Barber and Bartók featuring soprano Tamra Paselk

The Park Avenue Chamber Symphony led by music director David Bernard will be performing a stimulating and provocative program of works by Beethoven, Barber and Bartok featuring American Soprano Tamra Paselk at All Saints Church in New York City on Saturday February 22nd at 8PM and Sunday February 23rd at 3PM.

The South Shore Symphony Orchestra will be featuring guest conductor David Bernard and American Soprano Tamra D'Ann Paselk in its Fall concert at the Malloy College's Madison Theatre in Rockville Centre on Saturday November 23rd at 8 pm.

The South Shore Symphony Orchestra will be featuring guest conductor David Bernard and American Soprano Tamra D'Ann Paselk in its Fall concert at the Malloy College's Madison Theatre in Rockville Centre on Saturday November 23rd at 8 pm. The program will feature some of the most beautiful and best known romantic music, including Dvorak's brilliant Symphony No. 8, Selections from Bizet's alluring Opera “Carmen” and Tchaikovsky's passionate and riveting “Romeo and Juliet”. “I am looking forward to collaborating with the South Shore Symphony and Tamra Paselk on this fantastic program,” says guest conductor David Bernard. “The music is thoroughly enjoyable and will certainly dazzle the audience.”

The Park Avenue Chamber Symphony (www.chambersymphony.com) under the direction of David Bernard, performed works by Dvorak, Brahms, Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky at Carnegie Hall in NYC on Sunday, October 27th at 2PM. This performance featured 11 year old pianist/prodigy Daniela Liebman making her Carnegie Hall debut in a performance of Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 2, as well as violinist Jourdan Urbach performing Brahms Violin Concerto. Check out the photos below!

David Bernard has been selected as a 2013 First Prize winner of the Orchestral Conducting competition of The American Prize, a national competition for conductors. In making their selection from a diverse group of conductors from across the United States, the panel of judges described Mr. Bernard as 'A first rate conductor. With no score, an animated and present Maestro Bernard led a phenomenal performance of incredibly difficult repertoire --masterly in shaping, phrasing, technique and expressivity. A great pleasure to watch and listen to.”

David Bernard has been selected as a 2013 First Prize winner of the Orchestral Conducting competition of The American Prize, a national competition for conductors. In making their selection from a diverse group of conductors from across the United States, the panel of judges described Mr. Bernard as 'A first rate conductor. With no score, an animated and present Maestro Bernard led a phenomenal performance of incredibly difficult repertoire --masterly in shaping, phrasing, technique and expressivity. A great pleasure to watch and listen to.”

On October 27th at 2PM, the Park Avenue Chamber Symphony led by music director David Bernard returns to the Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall for a program of Dvorak, Brahms, Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky. We sat down with Maestro Bernard to find out more about his work with the Park Avenue Chamber Symphony and the upcoming performance at Carnegie Hall.

On October 27th at 2PM, the Park Avenue Chamber Symphony led by music director David Bernard returns to the Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall for a program of Dvorak, Brahms, Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky. Featured in the Brahms Violin Concerto is 21 year old Jourdan Urbach, making his third appearance at Carnegie Hall with Bernard and the Park Avenue Chamber Symphony. We sat down with Jourdan to find out more about his rise as a classical artist.

On October 27th at 2PM, the Park Avenue Chamber Symphony led by its music director David Bernard returns to the Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall for a program of Dvorak, Brahms, Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky. Featured in the Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 2 is 11 year old Daniela Liebman, making her Carnegie Hall Debut. BWW Classical World sat down with Daniela Liebman to find out more about this incredible young talent.

The Park Avenue Chamber Symphony brings quality classical symphonic concerts to audiences in New York City, performing music across four centuries--from Bach through Twenty First Century Composers including Bruce Adolphe, Chris Caswell and John Mackey.

he American Prize Competition 2012 has announced that David Bernard (http://www.davidbernard.com), Music Director of the Park Avenue Chamber Symphony (http://www.chambersymphony.com) has been awarded a FIRST PRIZE in Orchestral Conducting.

The off-off-Broadway hit Bath Party, starring Meital Dohan, will receive an off-Broadway transfer in spring of 2006 rather than its previously announced extension

Meital Dohan's one-woman show Bath Party will continue to run at the HERE Arts center from October 22nd through November 20th