Dan Tepfer grew up in Paris, France in a musical and scientific family. He received a bachelors degree in astrophysics from the University of Edinburgh and a masters degree in jazz piano performance from the New England Conservatory in Boston. He currently lives in Brooklyn, New York, where he works as a pianist and composer. He tours around the world, with frequent appearances in Europe in particular. Since 2009, he has released a series of critically acclaimed recordings on Sunnyside Records, working in trio, duo and solo formats.