Bruce Brubaker: Eno Piano

• Bruce Brubaker, piano

American pianist Bruce Brubaker will take the stage on February 23rd for a concert highlighting his 12th studio album Eno Piano. This record, released November 10th on InFiné, encompasses a selection of Brian Eno's iconic ambient music, including Music for Airports.

Can a single instrument convey ambient music originally made through studio techniques and tape loops? Eno Piano is a companion to Bruce Brubaker's acclaimed album Glass Piano (2015) — even the two album covers are companions. Named by Pitchfork "one of the most exciting pianists in the contemporary American classical scene," Brubaker, in Eno Piano, shows that just as the studio can be a musical instrument, a single musical instrument can be a studio.

Brian Eno's music is a significant part of the repetition-based musical minimalism practiced by Philip Glass, Terry Riley, and others in the late 20th Century. In 1971, Philip Glass performed at the Royal College of Art in London. In the audience were two 23-year-olds: David Bowie and Brian Eno. Glass's music was a fundamental influence on Eno. Later, Glass wrote three symphonies based on the three albums of Eno and Bowie's Berlin Trilogy. Eno Piano acknowledges this deep artistic bond.

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About Bruce Brubaker, piano

With more than 150 million streams on Spotify, Bruce Brubaker reaches a large, diverse audience. According to Pitchfork: "Bruce Brubaker is one of the most exciting pianists in the contemporary American classical scene." Brubaker was one of the first solo pianists to play the music of Philip Glass. The New York Times wrote: "Few pianists approach Philip Glass's music with the level of devotion and insight that Bruce Brubaker brings to it, precisely the reason he gets so much expressivity out of it." According to critic Roland Duclos: "Brubaker is to Glass what Glenn Gould is to Bach." Brubaker is featured on Meredith Monk's album Piano Songs and Nico Muhly's album Drones. Brubaker has performed with Meredith Monk, John Cage, and Nico Muhly. Dance music and electronic music artists, including Plaid, Donato Dozy, Max Cooper, Francesco Tristano, Akufen, and Arandel have remixed Brubaker tracks. In his continuing performances, from the Hollywood Bowl and New York's David Geffen Hall, to London’s Barbican and the Philharmonie de Paris — Bruce Brubaker is a visionary artist.