When I was a teenager trying to learn how to play piano, one of the hardest things for me was having to learn two different parts and then put them together. At least, that’s how my teenage brain saw ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook With “Inventions/Reinventions,” Dan Tepfer fills out Bach’s missing two-part inventions ...

In the early 1720s, Johann Sebastian Bach composed a set of Two-Part Inventions to help his eldest son, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, learn to play the keyboard. Now, 300 years later, jazz pianist and ...

Banjoist Bela Fleck joins violinist Caroline Goulding, bassist Michael Thurber, and marimbist Yi Wei in performances of Bach's Violin Sonata in G minor, Presto, and Bach's Suite of Two- and Three-Part ...

Simone Dinnerstein, Music Worcester’s first Artist in Residence (2018-2019), returns to Worcester for BACHtoberfest 2025 to perform two headlining concerts this festival weekend. With long-time ...

Former Music Worcester artist in residence pianist Simone Dinnerstein returns to Worcester for BACHtoberfest at Mechanics Hall ...

Almost any pianist, from a budding beginner to a pro like Simone Dinnerstein, will tell you that one of the basic techniques of keyboard playing is also the toughest to master: making your hands to do ...

Pianist Dan Tepfer has improvised pieces for his new album, Inventions / Reinventions, using a framework similar to Bach's Two-Part Inventions. In the early 1720s, Johann Sebastian Bach composed a set ...