Dan Tepfer Natural Machines

In an age of unprecedented technological advancement, Dan Tepfer is redefining what a musical instrument can be. In this groundbreaking performance, Tepfer programs a Steinway Spirio—a player piano—to respond in real time to the music he improvises at the keyboard, creating a dynamic dialogue between human expression and machine intelligence. Simultaneously, a custom computer program transforms the performance into striking animated visual art. Described as “fascinating and ingenious” by Rolling Stone, Natural Machines exists at a singular intersection of mechanical precision and organic expression, becoming, as NextBop writes, “more than a solo piano album…a multimedia piece of contemporary art so well made in its process and components and expressed by such a thoughtful, talented, evocative pianist…that it becomes a complete experience.” (program approx. 90 mins., no intermission)