Isaak Berkovich was born in Kiev into a family of a watchmaker. In 1920 the future composer entered the Kiev Conservatory; there he studied piano with Professor Vladimir Pukhalsky and composition and music theory with Professor Boris Lyatoshinsky. His pedagogical work began in 1922 and continued throughout his life. Simultaneously with his studies, Berkovich began teaching. Up to 1930, he worked as a piano teacher at Kiev Music School №6. In 1925 Berkovich graduated from the Kyiv Conservatory. By this time he had already been the author of a rather large number of works, mostly written for small musicians. In 1925-1941 he worked as a teacher at the Kiev Music College and the Kiev Evening Conservatory. From1933 until 1941 Berkovich worked as an assistant since 1947 he was an associate professor, in 1969 he held the position of a professor at the Kiev Conservatory. In 1938 Berkovich became a member of the National Union of Ukrainian Composers. Berkovich was actively engaged in pedagogical work along with composer activity. Mostly his work was aimed at creating piano pedagogical repertoire. Berkovich had a number of publications. Special attention was paid to piano works focused on those who are studying at children's music schools. These piano works include etudes, pieces, arrangements of folk songs, other authors’ songs and numerous adaptations of piano works.