Pete Drungle

Pete Drungle

piano

interview by JEFF RIAN
photography by GIASCO BERTOLI

 

Pete Drungle is a phenomenon. He plays classical and jazz piano; improvises and composes in both manners; has played both genres successfully, along with funk, rock, soul and you name it; and — most amazingly — he’s practiced so much, starting to play at the age of five, that he’s mastered one hand’s independence from the other as if two brains were working together. He is even able to play two different time signatures at the same time. Live, his playing and compositions are thrillingly intense. The first time I heard him, I couldn’t stop smiling. So I had to talk to him.

JEFF RIAN — How do art and fashion converge with your music?
PETE DRUNGLE — I think the same laws govern all forms of expression. Besides working alone, I am extremely…