Career
Berg picked up playing the piano at a very young age, and only 7 year old he was featured on national television with self-composed music He began studying the jazz tradition at the age of 16, and he earned his Master"s degree in Performing music from the acknowledged Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonsevatorium in 2008. At the time he started the trio Listen!, together with Bendik Giske (saxophone) and Daniel Herskedal (tuba).
Berg started working as a professional musician in 2003, and toured with his own trio Listen in Scandinavia, Spain, Syria, Cuba, Belgium, France and Hungary.
He has released three albums with his own bands, and also plays within the jazz band Green Serene, Kåre Kolve Quartet and Trondheim Jazz Orchestra, and together with the saxophonist Marius Neset performing the Commissioned work at Moldejazz in 2012. His first solo piano album, Noctilucent (2012), was named one of the ten best releases of 2012 by All About Jazz, and was planning for a second solo album in November 2013.
Berg has also written music for the Spellemannprisen-nominated Trondheim Soloists, Cikada String Quartet and Quintus, and has been lecturing at the Trondheim Musikkonsevatorium and at Trøndertun folkehøgskole since 2005. 2007: Best soloist, at Hoeilaart International"l Jazz Competition in Belgium.