Dan Tepfer Solo -- The Goldberg Variations / Variations, Live in Paris -- Part 1

Part 1 of Dan Tepfer's solo concert at the Atelier de la Main d'Or, Paris France, June 7 2009. Aria & Improvisation No. 1

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Dan Tepfer, an acclaimed jazz pianist who was recently praised for his "brilliant career" in the New York Times, has been studying J.S. Bach's classic work, the Goldberg Variations, for a number of years, mainly, as he puts it, "for fun". In the past six months, however, starting with a solo tour through the Czech Republic and France, he has been performing them in public, and -- as befits a musician whose career has been built mainly within the contemporary jazz world -- incorporating improvisation into the mix.

The project is unique because, while other musicians have either played the Goldbergs as they were written or transformed them completely, Tepfer does both, playing each variation as it was intended, and only then giving his own, improvisatory take on each. In past performances, Tepfer has succeeded in staying strongly connected to the initial work, while simultaneously allowing himself to move away and explore contemporary musical ideas, all through Bach's prism. We get a free-flowing, personal view of Bach, but we also get Bach's word, to come back to after the storm.

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• Dan Tepfer
• Goldberg Variations
• Bach
• Improvisation
• Piano
• Aria
• Johann Sebastian Bach
• Jazz
• Classical

[artery11]

just heard/saw Dan Tepfer perform this and other music at Rubin Museum. Wow. Brilliant. Standing ovations. A remarkable musician. First I thought of the first time I heard Keith Jarrett--at the San Francisco Opera. Then I thought of a (normal) Glenn Gould. Bravo Dan. And thank you.

[extranormalexec]

The hell with the comments about how you dress. Shallow fools. You play it beautifully.

[sevcik2]

Wonderfully performed....replete with beautiful phrasing and musicality!

Bravo!

[marmout311]

Sounds like Dan, and this is great...

[Grandtenore]

Sounds like the romantic period...lol...

[KingKarolus222]

@sh4679 should have nothing, sounds great

[josephithink]

masterful!!! thank you so much for your contribution to the world of improvisation

[Asianeedlepl]

you sholud dressed better

but your music is briliant :)

[sh4679]

you should have dressed better, and had your hair cut. Presentation, confidence, poise, all work together. Otherwise it sounds good.

[eloes]

why not?