The Story

Isaak Berkovich Yakovich Berkovich.
Born December 28, 1902, Kiev, Ukraine
Died January 5, 1972, Kiev, Ukraine.
He was a Ukrainian composer and teacher. Graduated from Kiev Conservatoire in 1925 where he studied piano with Pukhalsky, and composition with Lyatoshinsky.
He was a member of the National Union of Ukrainian Composers. Being the author of teaching aids School of Piano Playing, Berkovich made a significant contribution to piano pedagogy. Isaak Berkovich devoted all his life to music, more than one generation of musicians studied on his teaching aids.

Berkovich’s creative legacy includes works for violin and cello; there are also orchestral works. But most of the works were written for his favourite instrument - piano.

Works for Piano and String Orchestra – Three Concertos (1961, 1963, 1968), Variations on the Theme of Paganini (1967), Trio (1928); Two Sonatas for Piano (1922, 1941), Three Sonatinas for Piano (1952), Thirty Easy Pieces (1938), Thirty-five Etudes (1950), A Collection of Polyphonic Pieces (1950), Variations on Folk Themes (1963), Twenty-four Preludes (1965), School of Piano Playing (1960), Cycles of Pedagogical Pieces and Ensembles (1938-1966), etc. Berkovich also composed for the folk instruments orchestra (suite-1964), for violin and piano, cello and piano, domra and piano, for voice and piano. Berkovich wrote romance Thought (Duma) based on the poem by Taras Shevchenko and songs for children.

More infomation here;
https://musopus.net/musicians/berkovich-isaak-yakovich/

A must listen and watch; Variations on the Theme of Paganini (1967)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzLNAtUZR8Y
This piece and more of his music can be downloaded from the link above.
MAZURKA
RONDO
POLKA
MARCH
SPRING SONG
The DANCE
The STORY
POLKA
SONATINA
DROPLETS (KAPEL’KI)
WALTZ
CANON
WALTZ
SONATINA A minor
EXPROMT
PRELUDE in E minor
The TALE
The SKETCH (ESKIZ)
VARIATIONS in D minor
TOCCATA
PRELUDE in F-sharp minor
50 Little Etudes: