Dan Tepfer’s Natural Machines 2.0 meets Big Band

Dan Tepfer’s Natural Machines 2.O meets Big Band—MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble in Thomas Tull Concert Hall Saturday, March 7, 2026/8:00pm Thomas Tull Concert Hall, MIT MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble Frederick Harris, Jr. Music Director World-renowned pianist and technologist&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUzNnspxG1f5Bks6R8ckCzDSEn__psaO8">Dan Tepfer</a>&nbsp;creates a live music experiment with the MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble using algorithmic improvisation On the heel of his Carnegie Hall premiere of&nbsp;Natural Machines 2.0&nbsp;featuring piano improvisations in real time with symphony orchestra, Dan Tepfer—one of the most creative and innovative musicians of his generation—presents a new work with the MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble using his concept of algorithmic improvisation. This unique concert will also feature Tepfer’s own compositions along with music from the traditional and modern jazz cannon. One of his generation’s extraordinary talents,&nbsp;Dan Tepfer&nbsp;has earned an international reputation as a pianist-composer of wide-ranging innovation, individuality, and drive—one “who refuses to set himself limits” (France’s&nbsp;Télérama). The New York City-based Tepfer, born in 1982 in Paris to American parents, has recorded and performed around the world with some of the leading lights in jazz and classical music, from Lee Konitz to Renée Fleming, and released eleven albums of his own in solo, duo and trio formats. Tepfer earned global acclaim for his 2011 release&nbsp;Goldberg Variations / Variations, a disc that sees him performing J.S. Bach’s masterpiece as well as improvising upon it—to “elegant, thoughtful and thrilling” effect (New York&nbsp;magazine). Tepfer’s 2019 video album&nbsp;Natural Machines&nbsp;stands as one of his most ingeniously forward-minded yet, finding him exploring in real time the intersection between science and art, coding and improvisation, digital algorithms and the rhythms of the heart.&nbsp;The New York Times&nbsp;has called him “a deeply rational improviser drawn to the unknown.” His 2023 return to Bach,&nbsp;Inventions / Reinventions, an exploration of the narrative processes behind Bach’s beloved Inventions,became a best-seller, spending two weeks in the #1 spot on the Billboard Classical Charts. Learn more about&nbsp;<a href="https://dantepfer.com/">Dan Tepfer</a> Learn more about the&nbsp;<a href="https://mta.mit.edu/music/performance/festival-jazz-ensemble">MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble</a> Don't miss a downbeat!&nbsp;<a href="https://mta.mit.edu/newsletter/subscribe">Click here to subscribe to the Events Newsletter.</a> If you cannot attend this performance, we encourage you to&nbsp;<a href="https://web.mit.edu/webcast/mta/s26/">watch the livestream.</a> Seating Policy Your registration through Eventbrite guarantees you a seat until 15 minutes before the event start time. 15 minutes before the concert start time, we will release open seats to the standby list. If you were not able to register through Eventbrite, you may join the physical standby line in the Thomas Tull Concert Hall Lobby up to one hour before the concert start time.

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