Dan Maftei

Soirées

I occassionally hold little concerts at my apartment for friends. This was from the first one in 2024: Chopin Waltz in D-flat Major.

A/V Projects

• Amateur Hour (2025-)
  I am currently working on two series under the "Amateur Hour" moniker in which I take a deep dive into the Bach and Chopin preludes, discussing the pieces as a whole, how to practice them, and how to learn them. Watch on YouTube
• Dance Music (2024)
  After a pause on the YouTube project, I tried again to record just audio of some classical dance pieces for a show I had planned, using some new techniques. Listen on BandCamp
• Miscellaneous Pieces (2020-2022)
  I experimented recording myself playing classical pieces and posting them on YouTube. The main idea was to try, without much fuss, to just record, and learn about the process. I wrote little descriptions for the majority of them, available in pinned comments on the YT clips. Listen on YouTube

Pomona College Recital

In building this site I listened to old recordings and was pleasantly surprised by these two pieces recorded at a college recital I played in 2010. I don't recall at the time seeing pieces I played beyond a series of notes that must be executed in order, but they came out alright. Listen on BandCamp