Bruce Nalezny (b. 1948) currently resides in Berkeley, CA with his wife, French pianist, Annie Devize-Nalezny.

He has been composing since the age of seven, when he began learning to the play the piano and the organ. He graduated from UC Berkeley in 1971 and immediately began his career as a freelance musician and piano broker. He has lived periodically in Paris, France where he held positions in numerous municipal and private conservatories and schools.

His compositions have won praise from such notables as the French musicologist Jacques Chailley who observed that in Bruce’s music “classical harmonic tradition and contemporary musical expression are as one” and Christian Manen, professor at the Paris Conservatory, who described Bruce’s work as “profoundly inspired music”.  

Most recently, he composed several song sets based on poetry by the award winning Berkeley based poet, Nellie Hill.  His “Passacaglia for Organ” was premiered by Cristoph Tietze, organist and music director at St. Mary’s Cathedral in San Francisco.  

Examples of compositions:

• Suite no. 1 for piano
• Five Concert Preludes
• Suite no. 4 for piano
• Suite no. 6 for piano
• Sierra Prelude for piano
• Ten French Songs on Troubadour Lyrics
• Passacaglia for Organ


Other recordings are available on YouTube. Search under Bruce Nalezny or Annie Nalezny.