Adventurous Pianist Extraordinaire (The Creative Life)
Musician Practicing Limitless Creativity. The host for this show is Darlene Boyd. The guest is Dan Tepfer.
Dan Tepfer has earned an international reputation as a pianist composer of wide ranging ambition, individuality and drive. He grew up studying classical piano and obsessively improvising jazz at home. Dan shares how he has navigated the divide between these two routes. At this point recognizably his deepest roots lie in jazz and improvisation. Dan discusses how he is drawn to exploring different means of expression for his music in order to further isolate the message from the medium. Dan is driven to get right at the music itself.
Much of the discussion in this interview focuses on a solo project five years in the making. The project finds Dan exploring in real time via the Yamaha Disklavier, the intersection between science and art, between coding and improvisation, between digital algorithms and the rhythms of the heart. Dan’s intimate discussion of his creative process is riveting.
Dan often pairs with noteworthy musicians in performances and album productions.
The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6koOuEfnRgs0d5aPeLJKJXJ
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