Dan Tepfer: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
What it is
A Tiny Desk concert in which pianist Dan Tepfer plays with a Disklavier player piano driven by a program he wrote that responds to his playing. He performs four pieces from his Natural Machines project.
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN points to it as an example of algorithmic, reactive live music that blends programming with jazz performance.
- 2 people recommended it
- 2 different months
- 0 strong recommendations
- first 2020, last 2023
What HN commenters said
“Also check out Dan Tepfer [1] who is doing amazing work with an algorithmic approach to reactive live performances”
Tepfer's algorithmic approach to reactive live performance
soulofmischief, 2020-07 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: What weird or hard problems are you trying to solve?”
“I also enjoy Dan Tepfer's visualizations of audio and audio decay.”
Tepfer's visualizations of audio and decay
voicedYoda, 2023-01 · Recommendation · in “Visualizing “The Art of Fugue””
Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.
Topics: dan tepfer, disklavier, generative music, jazz piano, live performance
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