Dan Tepfer

Dan Tepfer (born 1982 in Paris, France) is a French-American jazz pianist and composer. He is best known for his 2011 album Goldberg Variations/Variations and his 2019 multimedia project Natural Machines.

Dan Tepfer
Background information
Born (1982-01-08) 8 January 1982
Paris, France
GenresJazz, classical
Occupation(s)Musician
InstrumentsPiano
Years active2005–present
LabelsSunnyside
Associated actsLee Konitz, Ben Wendel
Websitewww.dantepfer.com

Biography

Dan Tepfer grew up in Paris, France in a musical and scientific family. He received a bachelor's degree in astrophysics from the University of Edinburgh and a master's degree in jazz piano performance from the New England Conservatory in Boston.[1] He currently lives in Brooklyn, New York, where he works as a pianist and composer.[2] He tours around the world, with frequent appearances in Europe in particular.[3] Since 2009, he has released a series of critically acclaimed [4] recordings on Sunnyside Records and Verve Records, working in trio, duo and solo formats. He is also known since 2007 as one of the most frequent collaborators of jazz icon Lee Konitz.

Awards and honors

Discography

With Billy Hart

Film Score

  • Movement+Location
gollark: Where did you find out that Lynn would not be in the lesson?
gollark: How exciting.
gollark: The what?
gollark: I don't know of any.
gollark: Why do you want an MP4? Are you one of THOSE people who only use H.264, which is bad?

References
  1. Downbeat Magazine feature on Dan Tepfer
  2. JazzTimes feature on Dan Tepfer
  3. Dan Tepfer tour schedule
  4. New York Times review of Goldberg Variations/Variations
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