Violist who has worked with the American Viola Society, The Little Orchestra Society, the New York City Opera Orchestra, and the New York Pops.
She and cellist Christine Gummere were the musicians du jour in Helen Thorington’s 1985 drama, Building a Universe, Part 1.
The New York City Opera Orchestra offered up Wall to Wall Opera, a 13-hour extravaganza, at Symphony Space in spring 2007.
In February 2012, the New York City Opera performed Giuseppe Verdi’s La traviata at BAM Howard Gilman Opera House.
Recordings on which Claire appears include: Against the Tide by Davis Gaines; Candide (1997 Broadway Revival Cast); In Concert and Works Live by Emerson, Lake & Palmer; Mandy Patinkin; Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf/Peter Schickele: A Zoo Called Earth/Gail Kubik: Gerald McBoing Boing; Reaching for the Other Side by Aura; and, Steve Reich: Octet/Music for a Large Ensemble/Violin Phase.
She performs here…
Sources:
- http://americanviolasociety.org/javs/JAVS12-03.pdf
- http://www.littleorchestra.org/about/musicians
- http://www.newyorkpops.org/musicians
- http://www.symphonyspace.org/live/opera_2
- http://streaming.turbulence.org/download/A_File/info.html
- http://www.bam.org/media/88402/BAMbill_Feb12_Latraviata-insert.pdf
- http://www.allmusic.com/artist/claire-bergman-mn0001271828
- http://www.discogs.com/Aura-Reaching-For-The-Other-Side/release/2803761
- http://www.discogs.com/artist/Claire+Bergmann
- http://www.worldcat.org/title/music-for-a-large-ensemble/oclc/471536645