Pianist Reena Berger has performed as soloist throughout North America, South America and in Asia. These appearances include performances at the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Edward Pickman Hall in Cambridge MA, The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Midday Concert Series, the House of the U.S. Ambassador to Israel, and the Christ Church Cathedrale, the Chapelle du Bon Pasteur, Salle Claude Champagne, Salle Marie Stèphane and the Gelber Conference Center in Montreal. She was featured on radio and television, most notably in a television documentary pertaining to the Czech culture playing the piano pieces of Smetana and Martinu, and on Boston's radio station WGBH in the program "Off the Record". Reena Berger has also performed in many music festivals. They include: The Banff School of Fine Arts (Canada), The Russian School of Music (Freiberg, Germany), the Kent-Blossom Music Festival (U.S.), and the Orford Arts Center (Canada).
In August 2004, Dr. Berger travelled to China to perform in the China/Harbin Summer Music Festival. Additionally, she presented masterclasses at the Harbin Normal University (China) and at conservatories in the surrounding area. During a tour in South America in August/September 2005, Dr. Berger presented solo recitals and masterclasses at universities in Southern Brazil, in Asuncion, Paraguay, and at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. In June 2006, she returned to South America for additional concerto appearances and masterclasses.
Since moving to the United States in 2000, Dr. Berger has presented recitals and masterclasses at several musical centers and university music schools in that country. She also maintains a presence on the touring rosters of both the Kansas Arts Commission and the Mid-America Arts Alliance.
Future engagements include a solo recital tour through Asia and return performances in South America.
A recipient of many awards, honors and grants, Reena Berger has been included in the Who's Who in America publication since 2004 and the Who's Who of American Women publication, since 2005.
Born in Montreal, Dr. Berger studied at the McGill Conservatory of Music, the Rubin Academy of Music (Tel Aviv University), the New England Conservatory of Music, and the University of Montreal. Her principal teachers were Marc Durand, Patricia Zander and Viktor Dervianko. She also worked with Garrick Ohlsson, Menahem Pressler, Georgy Sëbok, Vitaly Margulis, Karl Engel, André Laplante, and Anton Kuerti.
Dr. Berger was a teaching assistant to the piano department at New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. From 1994-1999, she was a lecturer in piano at the University of Montreal. Dr. Berger is currently associate professor of piano at Pittsburg State University. Her students have been prize winners of numerous competitions.