Daniel Berkman

Daniel Berkman is a San Francisco-based composer, multi-instrumentalist, accompanist, singer-songwriter, electronic musician, looper, producer, film and dance score composer and innovator of electro-acoustic music, specializing in the kora (a 21-stringed west african harp),on which he has produced four acclaimed musical releases; ‘heartstrings’(1996), ‘feverdreams’(1998), ‘calabashmoon’(2005) and ‘headlands’ (2015).

Daniel has composed many scores for dance since 1998 and has worked with bay area companies and choreographers such as Sara Shelton Mann, Lizz Roman, Cheryl Chaddick, Kunst-Stoff, dandelion dance company, Heidi Schweiker, Dexandro Montalvo, Janice Garrett and dancers, odc/dance, Robin Dekkers and post:ballet, Rawdance, Contra Costa Ballet, Diablo Ballet, dance theatre san francisco and many others.