The Mitchell-Ruff Duo
Preview of the Mitchell-Ruff Duo in concert in New Paltz. David Arner, “whose commanding technique and orchestral palette place him in a category of one,” is quoted regarding Dwike Mitchell, his mentor.
Monthly Archives: August 2011
Framing the Gestures
Concert Review: Solo piano concert at the Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck, NY in December 2003. The CD “Live From the Center” is from this concert.
Extraordinarily Rich
How vast is the capacity of this pianist to create exciting, energized and unforgettable music.
Improvised & Otherwise Festival 2005
Performance Review: Susan Osberg Workwith Dancers Company performed Ubiquitous Gestures & Found Object featuring five dancer-narrators and the emphatic yet empathetic piano of David Arner at the 2005 Improvised and Otherwise festival. Published in Signal to Noise magazine.
WAMC-FM on David Arner
Arner “holds and transports listeners through the incredible maze of his seemingly unflagging imagination.”
October Festival of Words and Music
Whether glissading over the keyboard or wailing on the balafon, David Arner is one of the Valley’s most consistently inventive and stimulating musical improvisors.
Downtown Music Gallery Review of Out/In the Open
Featuring David Arner on a 1968 Steinway L piano, Michael Bisio on contrabass and Jay Rosen on drums. I hadn’t heard of pianist David Arner before four discs of his recently arrived at DMG, one on CIMP, two self-produced and this one. While the CIMP CD is based on the music of “Porgy & Bess”…