Thursday, October 10 @ 7:30 PM
Eidson Duckwall Recital Hall
This event is free and open to the public, no tickets required. Please click on the event link to learn more about our free livestream.
Dr. Jianpeng Feng is a very active percussionist and educator with international influence. He has been performing at the top level in recent years in Broadway, Off- Broadway, concertos, and international events. Since 2021, Dr. Feng has served as the percussionist for the Radio City Christmas Spectacular. The album he played on for the Off-Broadway show “Soft Power” was nominated for the 63rd Grammy Award
for Best Musical Theater Album. Previously, he was the solo musician for the revival of the Tony Award-winning show “M. Butterfly” on Broadway. As a virtuosic marimbist, he was invited to perform as a soloist in a concerto with the Master Sinfonia Chamber Orchestra in San Francisco and San Jose, CA. Dr. Feng has been featured in solo and chamber concerts multiple times by the Percussive Arts Society in Indianapolis and its other chapters and locations, including New York, China, and Japan. In addition to serving as the guest timpanist and percussionist for the China Movie Orchestra, he has also played with the U.S. Coast Guard Band, New Britain Symphony Orchestra, Beijing Symphony Orchestra, and other orchestras in the U.S. and China. He has worked closely with directors, actors, and musicians who have won Grammy, Oscar, Tony, Emmy, and Golden Globe awards.
As a percussionist with an international reputation, Dr. Feng serves in several professional affiliations and has organized many important events. As the co-founder of the Percussive Arts Society China Chapter, he has organized international percussion festivals in Beijing, China annually since 2016. In addition, he organized summer and winter camps at The Hartt School, Eastman School of Music, and the University of Minnesota Duluth and worked as a director.
As an educator, Dr. Feng has always been dedicated to building diversity in the music community. As an expert in Chinese percussive arts, he has taught masterclasses and given lecture recitals at many universities, colleges, and conservatories. Since 2020, he has run his music channel, Feng’s Music Channel, also known as Dao-Dao-Feng, on multiple platforms with almost one million subscribers across the internet. On his channel, he not only discusses music from different genres such as classical, jazz, contemporary, musicals, and pop, but also explores music from various cultures, including Chinese, West African, Middle Eastern, American, and many others.
Currently, Dr. Feng is teaching at The Hartt School Community Division, and sponsored by Innovative Percussion.