Berger
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David Berger
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As a young student of jazz composing and arranging, David Berger initially attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, subsequently going on to study at Ithaca College, Eastman School of Music, and Manhattan School of Music, where he was one of the leading members of the jazz composition and arranging faculty until 1999. In 1988, Berger took up post as the conductor and arranger for the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, which he held until 1994, transcribing and arranging countless scores of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn for the LCO's performances.After Wynton Marsalis took over in 1994, Berger concentrated on expanding the classic Ellington and Strayhorn piece "The Nutcracker Suite," by writing a full 90 minutes of extra music, which he seamlessly fit into the work. Berger was then joined by pioneering choreographer Donald Byrd, who wrote a complete story line and ballet for the piece, and The Harlem Nutcracker, a massive production for chorus, ballet, and full-piece jazz band, was born. The production's 1996 debut and subsequent worldwide success established Berger not only as a master Ellington and Strayhorn scholar, but as a contributor to their legacies as well.
Berger formed the Sultans of Swing in 1999, a classic swing big band whose members Berger hand picked from the best young jazz talent available. Using such brilliant composers as Sy Oliver, Jimmy Lunceford, and of course Duke Ellington as models, Berger set about arranging and composing several pieces for the Sultans of Swing that eventually would appear on the group's debut album, Doin' the Do, which Berger released on his own Such Sweet Thunder label.
In 2001, Berger accepted the prestigious position as Professor of Composition and Arranging in the new Jazz Studies program at Juilliard School of Music, where he now teaches. ~ Alex Arcone, Rovi
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Berger is a relatively common last name. It means mountaineer in German, and shepherd in French. The pronunciation of the English name is /ˈbɜrdʒər/BUR-jər. Notable people by that name include:
Politics
- James S. Berger (born 1902), U.S. senator for Pennsylvania
- Luciana Berger, British Labour Party politician
- Maria Berger (born 1956), Austrian politician and Member of the European Parliament
- Óscar Berger (born 1946), former President of Guatemala
- Philip E. Berger (born 1952), US politician
- Sandy Berger (born 1945), US National Security Advisor to President Bill Clinton
- Thomas Berger (born 1933), Canadian politician
- Victor L. Berger (1860–1929), US politician
Sports
- Andreas Berger (born 1961), Austrian track and field sprinter
- David Mark Berger (1944–1972), American-born Israeli weightlifter; Maccabiah champion (middleweight); one of the 11 hostages murdered in the Munich massacre
- Frederick Berger (1849-?), American professional baseball umpire
- Gerhard Berger (born 1959), Austrian Grand Prix racing driver
- Ilana Berger (born 1965), Israeli tennis player
- Ike Berger (born 1936), US Olympic champion weightlifter (featherweight), 2-time silver; 2-time Pan American champion; 23 world records
- Jay Berger (born 1966), American tennis player; highest world ranking # 7
- Johann Berger (1845–1933), Austrian chess master, theorist, endgame study composer, author and editor
- Lars Berger (born 1979), Norwegian biathlete
- Mark Berger (judoka) (born 1954), Canadian Olympic silver & bronze (judo heavyweight)
- Maxie Berger (1917–2000), Canadian world champion junior welterweight boxer
- Ola Berger (b. 1979), Norwegian ski mountaineer and cross-country skier
- Olia Berger (born 1983), Canadian judoka
- Patrik Berger (born 1973), Czech football (soccer) player
- Sam Berger (1900–1992), Canadian football team owner
- Samuel Berger (boxer) (1884–1925), US Olympic champion heavyweight boxer
- Tora Berger (born 1981), Norwegian biathlete and sister of Lars Berger
Music
- Arthur Berger, composer
- Christian Wilhelm Berger (b. 1964), Romanian composer and musician
- Erna Berger (1900–1990), German soprano singer
- Henri Berger (1844–1929), Hawaii musician
- Jim Berger, Swedish musician
- Karl Berger (born 1935), German jazz musician
- Ludwig Berger (composer) (1777–1839), German composer and piano teacher
- Michel Berger (1947–1992), French singer and songwriter
- Wilhelm Berger (1861–1911), composer
- Wilhelm Georg Berger (1929–1993), composer
- Wilhelm Peterson Berger (1867–1942), Swedish musician
Culture
- Helmut Berger (born 1944), Austrian actor
- Helmut Berger (born 1949), Austrian actor, film director, playwright
- John Berger (born 1926), British art critic, novelist, painter, and author
- Karen Berger, British comic book editor
- Oscar Berger (cartoonist) (1901–1997), cartoonist
- Robert Berger (producer), a film producer
- Senta Berger (born 1941), Austrian actress
- Thomas Berger (born 1924), US novelist
- Wiesław Adam Berger, Polish writer
Science
- Alwin Berger (1871–1931), German botanist
- Hans Berger (1873–1941), German neuroscientist
- James Berger (statistician), American statistician
- Jeffrey W. Berger (1963–2001), American physician and engineer
- Josef Berger (scientist) (1949), Czech biomedical engineer and haematologist
- Lee R. Berger (born 1965), Explorer and Paleoanthropologist
- Marcel Berger, (born 1927), French mathematician
- Peter B. Berger (born 1956), American cardiologist
- Peter L. Berger (born 1929), American sociologist and theologian
- Richard Berger (1894–1984), Swiss professor of design, decoration, and art history
- Robert Berger (mathematician), American mathematician
- Robert W. Berger, German mathematician
Other people
- David Berger (theologian) (born 1968), German theologian
- Gottlob Berger (1896–1975), German SS general
- Josef Berger (speechwriter) (1903–1981), American journalist, accused of being a Soviet spy
- Roland Berger (born 1937), entrepreneur, philanthropist, and founder of Roland Berger Strategy Consultants
- Roza Berger (1889–1945), 1945 Kraków pogrom victim
- Theo Berger (1941–2003), German criminal
Places
Other uses
- Berger's disease, or IgA-Nephropathie (IgAN), a form of the Glomerulonephritis disease
- George Berger, fictional character in the Hair musical. (In the film played by Treat Williams).
- Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, European strategy consultancy firm
- Berger Cookies, made by DeBaufre Bakeries in Baltimore, MD
- Berger (grape), another name for the California/French wine grape Burger
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