Uploaded June 2021 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
In this live stream we’ll talk with Dan Tepfer and hear more about his project Natural Machines.
In an age of unprecedented technological advancement, Dan Tepfer is changing the definition of what a musical instrument can be.
Featured in an NPR documentary viewed by 1.5 million people, Dan Tepfer shows his pioneering skill in this concert by programming a Yamaha Disklavier to respond in real time to the music he improvises at the piano while another computer program turns the music into stunning animated visual art.
Called “fascinating and ingenious” by Rolling Stone, the Natural Machines performance lives at a deeply unique intersection of mechanical and organic processes, making it “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” (NextBop).
Natural Machines video album on YouTube:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUzNnspxG1f5Bks6R8ckCzDSEn__psaO8
NPR Tiny Desk Concert:
youtu.be/SaadsrHBygc
en-gb.facebook.com/dantepfer
Instagram: @dantepfer
Twitter: @tepferdan
In this live stream we’ll talk with Dan Tepfer and hear more about his project Natural Machines.
In an age of unprecedented technological advancement, Dan Tepfer is changing the definition of what a musical instrument can be.
Featured in an NPR documentary viewed by 1.5 million people, Dan Tepfer shows his pioneering skill in this concert by programming a Yamaha Disklavier to respond in real time to the music he improvises at the piano while another computer program turns the music into stunning animated visual art.
Called “fascinating and ingenious” by Rolling Stone, the Natural Machines performance lives at a deeply unique intersection of mechanical and organic processes, making it “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” (NextBop).
Natural Machines video album on YouTube:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUzNnspxG1f5Bks6R8ckCzDSEn__psaO8
NPR Tiny Desk Concert:
youtu.be/SaadsrHBygc
en-gb.facebook.com/dantepfer
Instagram: @dantepfer
Twitter: @tepferdan
