Daniel Berkman

Daniel Berkman is a San Francisco-based composer for film & dance, multi-instrumentalist, accompanist, singer-songwriter, and innovator of electro-acoustic music. He specializes in the gravichord and the kora, a 21-stringed West African harp. Since 1996, he has released four acclaimed full-length recordings, earning recognition for their fusion of world music, electronica, rock, jazz, improvisation, and ambient melodicism. From 1998 onward, he has composed and worked with numerous dance companies and choreographers. In 2013 he released EARTH PORTAL, a soundtrack for a project celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the 1962 Seattle World's Fair. In 2016 he released UNSPOKEN, a dance film soundtrack composed for Dexandro Montalvo (Dance Theatre of San Francisco) and visual artist RJ Muna; the soundtrack combined electronica with a score featuring the viola da gamba. In 2017 he released his ballet soundtrack, ALICE IN WONDERLAND, from a commissioned work for an "evening length" ballet.