Joel Fan Music
@joelfanmusic.bsky.social
Billboard-Charting Virtuoso Solo Pianist & Recording Artist,
Musician In Concerts around the World
Artistic Director, http://CTW.nyc & Open Source Music Festival
http://Youtube.com/JoelFanPiano joelfanmusic.com
Musician In Concerts around the World
Artistic Director, http://CTW.nyc & Open Source Music Festival
http://Youtube.com/JoelFanPiano joelfanmusic.com
Happy Birthday Evan Ziporyn! The composer/clarinetist of genre-defying, cross-cultural works and performances is also MIT's Dir.
Listen to his and Christine Southworth reimagination of a Van Halen's tune. For solo piano?
Amazing!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfcmAM8y_Xw
#weekend #goodmusic
Listen to his and Christine Southworth reimagination of a Van Halen's tune. For solo piano?
Amazing!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfcmAM8y_Xw
#weekend #goodmusic
December 14, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Happy Birthday Evan Ziporyn! The composer/clarinetist of genre-defying, cross-cultural works and performances is also MIT's Dir.
Listen to his and Christine Southworth reimagination of a Van Halen's tune. For solo piano?
Amazing!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfcmAM8y_Xw
#weekend #goodmusic
Listen to his and Christine Southworth reimagination of a Van Halen's tune. For solo piano?
Amazing!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfcmAM8y_Xw
#weekend #goodmusic
WARNING: Musicians take control of your work.Before AI’s corporate partners do.
Warner and Universal partnered with AI platforms Udio and Suno. Anyone can now use their signed artists work to make or manipulate their own music.
Stay tuned.
#weekend #technology
Warner and Universal partnered with AI platforms Udio and Suno. Anyone can now use their signed artists work to make or manipulate their own music.
Stay tuned.
#weekend #technology
December 14, 2025 at 1:25 AM
WARNING: Musicians take control of your work.Before AI’s corporate partners do.
Warner and Universal partnered with AI platforms Udio and Suno. Anyone can now use their signed artists work to make or manipulate their own music.
Stay tuned.
#weekend #technology
Warner and Universal partnered with AI platforms Udio and Suno. Anyone can now use their signed artists work to make or manipulate their own music.
Stay tuned.
#weekend #technology
Fred Child hosted Performance Today for 25yrs.Now he's Prez and CEO at All Classical Radio in Portland OR.
He featured me playing Gershwin with the Lviv Phil in Ukraine!
https://joelfanmusic.com/joel-fan-featured-on-performance-today-americas-popular-classical-music-show/
#weekend #goodmusic
He featured me playing Gershwin with the Lviv Phil in Ukraine!
https://joelfanmusic.com/joel-fan-featured-on-performance-today-americas-popular-classical-music-show/
#weekend #goodmusic
December 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Fred Child hosted Performance Today for 25yrs.Now he's Prez and CEO at All Classical Radio in Portland OR.
He featured me playing Gershwin with the Lviv Phil in Ukraine!
https://joelfanmusic.com/joel-fan-featured-on-performance-today-americas-popular-classical-music-show/
#weekend #goodmusic
He featured me playing Gershwin with the Lviv Phil in Ukraine!
https://joelfanmusic.com/joel-fan-featured-on-performance-today-americas-popular-classical-music-show/
#weekend #goodmusic
Beethoven had his 1st lesson from Hadyn #OTD, but quickly became dissatisfied.
Hadyn was so busy that the 22yo secretly took lessons with other teachers.
He gained success a performer and improviser and would say "I never learned anything from Haydn."
#weekend #goodvibes
Hadyn was so busy that the 22yo secretly took lessons with other teachers.
He gained success a performer and improviser and would say "I never learned anything from Haydn."
#weekend #goodvibes
December 13, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Beethoven had his 1st lesson from Hadyn #OTD, but quickly became dissatisfied.
Hadyn was so busy that the 22yo secretly took lessons with other teachers.
He gained success a performer and improviser and would say "I never learned anything from Haydn."
#weekend #goodvibes
Hadyn was so busy that the 22yo secretly took lessons with other teachers.
He gained success a performer and improviser and would say "I never learned anything from Haydn."
#weekend #goodvibes
You only live once, and the way I live, once is enough.
In my career, I have paid attention to every note and every word I sing. When I sing, I believe. I'm honest.
May you live to be 100 and may the last voice you hear be mine.
Frank Sinatra born #OTD.
#weekend #goodvibes
In my career, I have paid attention to every note and every word I sing. When I sing, I believe. I'm honest.
May you live to be 100 and may the last voice you hear be mine.
Frank Sinatra born #OTD.
#weekend #goodvibes
December 12, 2025 at 2:10 PM
You only live once, and the way I live, once is enough.
In my career, I have paid attention to every note and every word I sing. When I sing, I believe. I'm honest.
May you live to be 100 and may the last voice you hear be mine.
Frank Sinatra born #OTD.
#weekend #goodvibes
In my career, I have paid attention to every note and every word I sing. When I sing, I believe. I'm honest.
May you live to be 100 and may the last voice you hear be mine.
Frank Sinatra born #OTD.
#weekend #goodvibes
I try to play what comes naturally at the moment and let it happen.
To me living and music are all the same thing. I play what I live. I just play as I feel.
I keep finding out more about music as I learn more about myself.
McCoy Tyner born #OTD.
#thursday #goodvibes #piano
To me living and music are all the same thing. I play what I live. I just play as I feel.
I keep finding out more about music as I learn more about myself.
McCoy Tyner born #OTD.
#thursday #goodvibes #piano
December 12, 2025 at 1:25 AM
I try to play what comes naturally at the moment and let it happen.
To me living and music are all the same thing. I play what I live. I just play as I feel.
I keep finding out more about music as I learn more about myself.
McCoy Tyner born #OTD.
#thursday #goodvibes #piano
To me living and music are all the same thing. I play what I live. I just play as I feel.
I keep finding out more about music as I learn more about myself.
McCoy Tyner born #OTD.
#thursday #goodvibes #piano
December 11, 2025 at 2:10 PM
When Frank Gehry passed away, Music lost its architect.
His are “spaces where music can be made and re-imagined”. Vibrant, progressive and praised for their acoustics.
Left undone? New plans for Disney Hall. A 1000 seat Colburn Center. Abu Dhabi's Opera House.
#wednesday #art
His are “spaces where music can be made and re-imagined”. Vibrant, progressive and praised for their acoustics.
Left undone? New plans for Disney Hall. A 1000 seat Colburn Center. Abu Dhabi's Opera House.
#wednesday #art
December 11, 2025 at 1:25 AM
When Frank Gehry passed away, Music lost its architect.
His are “spaces where music can be made and re-imagined”. Vibrant, progressive and praised for their acoustics.
Left undone? New plans for Disney Hall. A 1000 seat Colburn Center. Abu Dhabi's Opera House.
#wednesday #art
His are “spaces where music can be made and re-imagined”. Vibrant, progressive and praised for their acoustics.
Left undone? New plans for Disney Hall. A 1000 seat Colburn Center. Abu Dhabi's Opera House.
#wednesday #art
Music is a prayer, a conversation with the divine.
The human being is flesh and consciousness, body and soul; No one should be allowed to make music as if he were made of wood.
Birds are the first and the greatest performers.
Olivier Messian born #OTD.
#wednesday #goodvibes
The human being is flesh and consciousness, body and soul; No one should be allowed to make music as if he were made of wood.
Birds are the first and the greatest performers.
Olivier Messian born #OTD.
#wednesday #goodvibes
December 10, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Music is a prayer, a conversation with the divine.
The human being is flesh and consciousness, body and soul; No one should be allowed to make music as if he were made of wood.
Birds are the first and the greatest performers.
Olivier Messian born #OTD.
#wednesday #goodvibes
The human being is flesh and consciousness, body and soul; No one should be allowed to make music as if he were made of wood.
Birds are the first and the greatest performers.
Olivier Messian born #OTD.
#wednesday #goodvibes
Spotify’s stock has soared 40% this year. So they decided to raise prices in the USA next year.
Each top pop artist brings them over 100mil streams every month. That’s 10x more than any classical or jazz artist. But are any of them paid fairly?
NO.
#goodvibes #goodmusic #usa
Each top pop artist brings them over 100mil streams every month. That’s 10x more than any classical or jazz artist. But are any of them paid fairly?
NO.
#goodvibes #goodmusic #usa
December 10, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Spotify’s stock has soared 40% this year. So they decided to raise prices in the USA next year.
Each top pop artist brings them over 100mil streams every month. That’s 10x more than any classical or jazz artist. But are any of them paid fairly?
NO.
#goodvibes #goodmusic #usa
Each top pop artist brings them over 100mil streams every month. That’s 10x more than any classical or jazz artist. But are any of them paid fairly?
NO.
#goodvibes #goodmusic #usa
John Coltrane recorded A Love Supreme #OTD, his groundbreaking jazz suite.
More than just music, it’s his declaration of faith. His prayer exploring spirituality, improvisation and chaos reflecting cultural resonance in our time.
A masterpiece.
#goodvibes #goodmusic #jazz
More than just music, it’s his declaration of faith. His prayer exploring spirituality, improvisation and chaos reflecting cultural resonance in our time.
A masterpiece.
#goodvibes #goodmusic #jazz
December 9, 2025 at 2:10 PM
John Coltrane recorded A Love Supreme #OTD, his groundbreaking jazz suite.
More than just music, it’s his declaration of faith. His prayer exploring spirituality, improvisation and chaos reflecting cultural resonance in our time.
A masterpiece.
#goodvibes #goodmusic #jazz
More than just music, it’s his declaration of faith. His prayer exploring spirituality, improvisation and chaos reflecting cultural resonance in our time.
A masterpiece.
#goodvibes #goodmusic #jazz
December 9, 2025 at 1:25 AM
As Beethoven premiered his 7th sym #OTD he said it was one of his best works, and ‘tore his arms’ and ‘jumped in the air’ while conducting.
Critics said he wrote it in a drunken state "ripe for the madhouse”.
For him? "Music is the wine which inspires".
#mondays #goodvibes
Critics said he wrote it in a drunken state "ripe for the madhouse”.
For him? "Music is the wine which inspires".
#mondays #goodvibes
December 8, 2025 at 2:10 PM
As Beethoven premiered his 7th sym #OTD he said it was one of his best works, and ‘tore his arms’ and ‘jumped in the air’ while conducting.
Critics said he wrote it in a drunken state "ripe for the madhouse”.
For him? "Music is the wine which inspires".
#mondays #goodvibes
Critics said he wrote it in a drunken state "ripe for the madhouse”.
For him? "Music is the wine which inspires".
#mondays #goodvibes
December 8, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Founded for "the advancement of instrumental music”, the New York Phil gave its 1st concert #OTD 1842.
An audience of 600 heard Beethoven’s 5th Sym, chamber music and operatic selections for 3hrs.
With 15,000 concerts since, they're unmatched in the world.
#weekend #goodvibes
An audience of 600 heard Beethoven’s 5th Sym, chamber music and operatic selections for 3hrs.
With 15,000 concerts since, they're unmatched in the world.
#weekend #goodvibes
December 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Founded for "the advancement of instrumental music”, the New York Phil gave its 1st concert #OTD 1842.
An audience of 600 heard Beethoven’s 5th Sym, chamber music and operatic selections for 3hrs.
With 15,000 concerts since, they're unmatched in the world.
#weekend #goodvibes
An audience of 600 heard Beethoven’s 5th Sym, chamber music and operatic selections for 3hrs.
With 15,000 concerts since, they're unmatched in the world.
#weekend #goodvibes
The pandemic sidelined pianist Ludovic Zamor and he lost his manager and teacher. Depression fueled inactivity set in.
So he reset his life and outlook, lost 100lbs and makes his Carnegie Hall debut this year.
His friends tease he's only half the pianist.
#weekend #goodvibes
So he reset his life and outlook, lost 100lbs and makes his Carnegie Hall debut this year.
His friends tease he's only half the pianist.
#weekend #goodvibes
December 7, 2025 at 1:25 AM
The pandemic sidelined pianist Ludovic Zamor and he lost his manager and teacher. Depression fueled inactivity set in.
So he reset his life and outlook, lost 100lbs and makes his Carnegie Hall debut this year.
His friends tease he's only half the pianist.
#weekend #goodvibes
So he reset his life and outlook, lost 100lbs and makes his Carnegie Hall debut this year.
His friends tease he's only half the pianist.
#weekend #goodvibes
The exiled Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Montero will join Nobel Peace Prize winner, Maria Corina Machado at the ceremony.
Her improvisation on the Simon Diaz song“Mi Querencia” will give musical voice to all Venezuelans who've been cynically silenced.
Bravo!
#weekend #goodvibes
Her improvisation on the Simon Diaz song“Mi Querencia” will give musical voice to all Venezuelans who've been cynically silenced.
Bravo!
#weekend #goodvibes
December 6, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The exiled Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Montero will join Nobel Peace Prize winner, Maria Corina Machado at the ceremony.
Her improvisation on the Simon Diaz song“Mi Querencia” will give musical voice to all Venezuelans who've been cynically silenced.
Bravo!
#weekend #goodvibes
Her improvisation on the Simon Diaz song“Mi Querencia” will give musical voice to all Venezuelans who've been cynically silenced.
Bravo!
#weekend #goodvibes
The essence of music is not just in sound but in the ability to touch the heart.
To express emotion in music is to understand its soul.
The Steinway piano is one of the most important and beautiful things in my life.
Krystian Zimmerman born #OTD.
#weekend #goodvibes #piano
To express emotion in music is to understand its soul.
The Steinway piano is one of the most important and beautiful things in my life.
Krystian Zimmerman born #OTD.
#weekend #goodvibes #piano
December 6, 2025 at 1:25 AM
The essence of music is not just in sound but in the ability to touch the heart.
To express emotion in music is to understand its soul.
The Steinway piano is one of the most important and beautiful things in my life.
Krystian Zimmerman born #OTD.
#weekend #goodvibes #piano
To express emotion in music is to understand its soul.
The Steinway piano is one of the most important and beautiful things in my life.
Krystian Zimmerman born #OTD.
#weekend #goodvibes #piano
This world of music, whose borders I have scarcely entered, is a reality, is immortal.
Melody is the essence of music. I choose such notes that love one another.
Love guards the heart from the abyss. Love, that is the soul of genius.
W. A.Mozart RIP #OTD.
#weekend #goodvibes
Melody is the essence of music. I choose such notes that love one another.
Love guards the heart from the abyss. Love, that is the soul of genius.
W. A.Mozart RIP #OTD.
#weekend #goodvibes
December 5, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This world of music, whose borders I have scarcely entered, is a reality, is immortal.
Melody is the essence of music. I choose such notes that love one another.
Love guards the heart from the abyss. Love, that is the soul of genius.
W. A.Mozart RIP #OTD.
#weekend #goodvibes
Melody is the essence of music. I choose such notes that love one another.
Love guards the heart from the abyss. Love, that is the soul of genius.
W. A.Mozart RIP #OTD.
#weekend #goodvibes
I’m always trying to expand my concept of what music is.
I think of the guitar as an orchestra.
You don’t have to play a lot of notes to say what you want to say. The space between the notes is as important as the notes themselves.
Jim Hall, born #OTD.
#thursday #goodvibes
I think of the guitar as an orchestra.
You don’t have to play a lot of notes to say what you want to say. The space between the notes is as important as the notes themselves.
Jim Hall, born #OTD.
#thursday #goodvibes
December 4, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I’m always trying to expand my concept of what music is.
I think of the guitar as an orchestra.
You don’t have to play a lot of notes to say what you want to say. The space between the notes is as important as the notes themselves.
Jim Hall, born #OTD.
#thursday #goodvibes
I think of the guitar as an orchestra.
You don’t have to play a lot of notes to say what you want to say. The space between the notes is as important as the notes themselves.
Jim Hall, born #OTD.
#thursday #goodvibes
Music is language. Music is natural law as related to the sense of hearing.
The time was simply ripe for the disappearance of tonality.
So we shall try to put our finger on the laws that must be at the bottom of this.
Anton Webern, born #OTD.
#wednesday #goodvibes #goodmusic
The time was simply ripe for the disappearance of tonality.
So we shall try to put our finger on the laws that must be at the bottom of this.
Anton Webern, born #OTD.
#wednesday #goodvibes #goodmusic
December 4, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Music is language. Music is natural law as related to the sense of hearing.
The time was simply ripe for the disappearance of tonality.
So we shall try to put our finger on the laws that must be at the bottom of this.
Anton Webern, born #OTD.
#wednesday #goodvibes #goodmusic
The time was simply ripe for the disappearance of tonality.
So we shall try to put our finger on the laws that must be at the bottom of this.
Anton Webern, born #OTD.
#wednesday #goodvibes #goodmusic
December 3, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Behold the magical beauty of space.
The Gemini South telescope in Chile captured this stunning new picture of a graceful cosmic butterfly on its 25th anniversary.
The Butterfly Nebula resides in the constellation Scorpius over 3000 light year away.
#universe #NASA #astronomy
The Gemini South telescope in Chile captured this stunning new picture of a graceful cosmic butterfly on its 25th anniversary.
The Butterfly Nebula resides in the constellation Scorpius over 3000 light year away.
#universe #NASA #astronomy
December 3, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Behold the magical beauty of space.
The Gemini South telescope in Chile captured this stunning new picture of a graceful cosmic butterfly on its 25th anniversary.
The Butterfly Nebula resides in the constellation Scorpius over 3000 light year away.
#universe #NASA #astronomy
The Gemini South telescope in Chile captured this stunning new picture of a graceful cosmic butterfly on its 25th anniversary.
The Butterfly Nebula resides in the constellation Scorpius over 3000 light year away.
#universe #NASA #astronomy