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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.
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What They’re Saying about David Arner
"[Out/In the Open] is one of this year's best piano trio offerings." (Downtown Music Gallery)
"Arner is an artist of subtlety and depth" (Gapplegate Music review of Porgy/Bess Act 1)
"He has a pianistic touch that conveys intensity, even when he’s dancing lightly over the keyboard"
"A performance of unprecedented lucidity and expressive breadth."
"A virtuoso of the heart and mind, as well as of the hands"
"One of the Valley's most consistently inventive and stimulating musical improvisors."
"David Arner has done what many have thought undoable."
"Emphatic yet empathetic"
"Arner has planted a valuable seed in the improvised piano field of dreams."
"Extraordinarily rich"
"His touch was delicate and purposeful, intended for drawing an atmosphere and breaking it apart."
"An arresting statement of virtuosity... pianistic intelligence"
"[Arner's] commanding technique and orchestral palette place him in a category of one."
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What They're Saying about David Arner
An intense, introspective pianist who methodically constructs sound portraits of shattering dimensions."
Cadence Magazine
March 2006