DanBerrypianist · improviser · educator
Jazz Meets Jewish.
Unforgettable experiences at the intersection of kabbalah and musical creativity.
Performances rooted in jazz language, nigunim, and the strange beautiful dissonances of Eastern Europe, built for Jewish communities, and shaped live by the room they're played in.
About
Hi, I'm Dan.
I'm a pianist and composer playing where Jewish music meets the jazz and classical traditions I grew up on. High Holiday melodies, klezmer-soaked folk songs, and niggunim that take the listener somewhere exotic yet strangely familiar.
This journey started at Princeton, where I graduated with a degree in composition and a whole new appreciation for Jewish life. Years of performing in both jazz rooms and Jewish ones turned into an experiment: what happens when those two worlds actually talk to each other? That conversation led to the ideas for both Jazz Meets Jewish and Alephonics — two musical experiences that didn't exist before.
Every performance is different. Not just improvised, but responsive to the room, to the people in it, to the echoes of where we all come from. Sometimes it's a wedding. Sometimes it's a name turned into a melody. Sometimes it's just a piano and a bunch of strangers who become a little less strange together.
Jewish music today isn't a museum, it's a living, breathing creative practice. I'm here to play it like it is.
When the music lands
Reflections from the room.
“Wow! Just wow! Your take on the songs and your playing were extremely moving! It's been a while since I've seen someone speak through an instrument with the fluency and emotion as you did.”
Eduardo S.
“Having the opportunity to hear him during the piano soundbath for over an hour without a sheet of music was so special. His music is a gift from Hashem.”
Bina B.
“The music was beautiful and unique. It was a very spiritual and uplifting experience.”
Miriam Y.
Upcoming
Live performances
No dates announced yet.
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