Classical piano, clavichord, and harpsichord
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Name:
Ryan Layne Whitney
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Age:
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Apr 4, 2008
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Piano (and some clavichord and harpsichord) music

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About Me:
 
I am a pianist who lives in Seattle, and I also play the harpsichord and clavichord. I am retired from NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), which was an excellent job in itself, besides serving to put a crust on the table and tune the piano (and buy the books that line my condo). Now I will have more time to make these videos (and do many other things besides), which are examples of my home music making, some more unpolished than others, much as I would play for friends at home---supposing they took the time to listen to me. What does a solitary retired minor government functionary in Seattle do in his spare time? The (partial) answer is in these videos.

I also teach piano (and, if wanted, music theory, music history---and even literature!), if anyone in the Seattle area is interested.
Hometown:
Seattle
Country:
United States
Occupation:
retired IT Specialist, editor
Companies:
NOAA (retired)
Interests:
Classical music, reading, collecting Roman coins, movies, music composition, writing, ancient Greek language, thinking, not thinking, being quiet
Movies:
Resnais' Last Year at Marienbad; Tarkovsky's Stalker and The Sacrifice; Bergman's Through a Glass Darkly (and many others of his); Antonioni's Eclipse and Red Desert; Kobayashi's Kwaidan; Visconti's Rocco and His Brothers
Music:
J.S. Bach (ALL of it), Domenico Scarlatti, Anton Bruckner, Nikolai Medtner, Alexander Scriabin, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Robert Schumann, Hector Berlioz, C.P.E. Bach
Books:
Schopenhauer's The World as Will and Representation, Anthony Trollope's novels, George Eliot's Middlemarch, Homer's Iliad, Lucretius' On the Nature of Things, Herman Melville, Plutarch, Plato, Thomas Mann
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teafruitbat added new videos to Clavicytherium (1 month ago)
 
 
teafruitbat uploaded a new video (1 month ago)
Jean-Philippe Rameau: Allemande in A minor, played on the Steven Sørli clavicytherium by Ryan Layne Whitney.

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teafruitbat added a new video to Scarlatti (2 months ago)
Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata in F minor, K. 466, played by Ryan Layne Whitney on an 1892 6'2" Knabe grand piano.
 
 
teafruitbat uploaded a new video (3 months ago)
Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata in F minor, K. 466, played by Ryan Layne Whitney on an 1892 6'2" Knabe grand piano.
 
 
teafruitbat subscribed to onetwocreate (3 months ago)
Music video by Scott Lawrence, edited by Doug Fahl. © 2011 onetwocreate
 
Channel Comments
Clavichordist (1 week ago)
Very nice performance. I really enjoy your playing, always.
Musique3579 (1 month ago)
Your talents are beyond fabulous! Sensational videos I have just discovered. Hi from a fellow You Tuber in the Portland Or. area.
TheLARALEWIS (1 month ago)
Just FAB!
untl01 (1 month ago)
You're the soul of the clavichord on youtube :) Without you the clavichord here wouldn't be the same!
Manny21012 (2 months ago)
A man that dresses well, has a classic beard, and continues to play profound music. The world is in need of more people like you sir.
liatraesouu (3 months ago)
Great!
SEVENTHSON89 (3 months ago)
Soo much inspired me! Thank You!
Cowzilla15 (3 months ago)
Still my favorite.
Cacophony89 (4 months ago)
So many well played magnificent instruments, thank you.
EugenArbrakh (4 months ago)
You're an example of elegance in music! I love your perfomances!
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