Background
Melnik, Bertha was born in Hartford, Connecticut, United States.
Melnik, Bertha was born in Hartford, Connecticut, United States.
Graduate, The Juilliard School studies with Alexancer Siloti, chamber music with Felix Salmond studies with Robert Casadesus, Camille Decreus, France School Music, Fontainebleau, 1938.
Piano faculty, The Juilliard School, New York City, since 1958; piano faculty, Manhattan School Music, 1969-1971.
Assistant conductor New York City Opera Company, 1954-1956. Conductor, pianist Brunswick Playhouse, Maine, 1949-1952, (broadway) Jacques Brel is Alive and Well New York City's Village Gate, 1970-1976. Accompanist Jose Greco, Dorothy Minty, Louis Wann, Margaret Harshaw, Ludwig Donath.
Drama coach NBC-television Opera Company, 1956-1957.