Music

Classical and contemporary repertoire, original improvisation, and collaboration.

Selected recordings

Original improvisation

Theodore Chaffman · Solo piano

Watch performance

Debussy: Pagodes

From Estampes

Harmony of Life · World Expo 2025, Osaka

Improvisation on Somewhere Over the Rainbow

After Harold Arlen

U.S. Pavilion · World Expo 2025, Osaka

Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue

Cadenza excerpt

World Expo 2025, Osaka

With Kumaresan Karthigesu

Piano and sitar

U.S. Pavilion · World Expo 2025, Osaka

Improvisation

Improvisation is a central part of Chaffman's musical work. He performs original music created at the piano, uses improvisation to lead into written repertoire, and collaborates with musicians through spontaneous performance.

His recital at the Art of the Piano Festival in San Francisco paired a free improvisation with Scriabin's Fourth Sonata.

Repertoire

An extensive catalogue of solo, concerto, and chamber music, alongside arrangements and improvisation.

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