LEWISBURG — The Weis Center for the Performing Arts at Bucknell University will welcome jazz pianist Dan Tepfer at 7:30 p.m. April 2, a press release said.

Born in Paris to American parents and based in New York City, Tepfer is a pianist with great technique and bold harmonic sensibilities, according to the press release. He has performed worldwide with artists ranging from Lee Konitz to Renee Fleming and released more than a dozen albums as a leader in solo, duo, and trio settings. A rational improviser, his concert works include “Solar Spiral,” “Algorithmic Transform” and “Three Poems of Virginie Sampeur, for Cécile McLorin Salvant.”

Tepfer gained international attention with “Goldberg Variations / Variations” (2011), combining Bach’s masterpiece with his own improvisations, and in 2019 released “Natural Machines,” a video album exploring algorithms and the rhythms of the heart, featured on NPR’s Tiny Desk. His honors include top prizes at Montreux and the American Piano Awards, and fellowships from major arts institutions. In 2025, he made his Carnegie Hall debut as a leader with Natural Machines 2.0 and The Knights.

When at the Weis Center, Tepfer will perform a program called “Inventions / Reinventions.”

Following the critical and audience acclaim for his “Goldberg Variations / Variations,” Tepfer released “Inventions / Reinventions” on StorySound Records in March 2023. It immediately entered the Classical Billboard Charts at No. 1, remaining there for two weeks.

“Bach composed his set of “Inventions” as study pieces for his children and students, covering eight major and seven minor keys, for a total of fifteen. But there are 24 possible major and minor keys, so there are nine keys missing. ‘In the Inventions / Reinventions’ program, while playing Bach’s original compositions sequentially, Dan Tepfer creates his own Inventions for the missing keys, freely improvising new ones during each performance,” the press release said. “In so doing, he follows the logic behind Bach’s beloved original pieces, in which simple musical ideas, like characters in a novel or a play, are taken on a harmonic journey to foreign keys before returning home.”

The Weis Center for the Performing Arts is located at 525 Weis Drive, Lewisburg. Tickets for this performance can be reserved by calling 570-577-1000 or by visiting Bucknell.edu/BoxOffice. They are also available in person from several locations including the Weis Center lobby (weekdays 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.) and the CAP Center Box Office, located on the ground floor of the Elaine Langone Center (weekdays 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.).