ABOUT

Our story 

FarPlay is a labor of love, created by musicians for musicians. 

At FarPlay, everything begins with our love of music. We care deeply about the intimacy of real, immediate music-making. We believe in the power of music to bring people together and make the world a more harmonious place. So we wanted to make a tool that made playing with others through the internet easy.

FarPlay is the brain-child of acclaimed jazz pianist and composer Dan Tepfer. Beginning in 2020, he channeled his concern about Covid-induced social isolation into a software development effort designed to bring musicians together over the internet. Dan then teamed up with veteran VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) developer — and theoretical physics PhD — Anton Runov to create FarPlay, which launched in public beta in October 2021.

In January 2022, Dan and Anton turned FarPlay into a full-fledged startup. Later, Martyna Goralska added her background in management and organizational skills to the team, becoming its director of operations, and David Liao — also a physics PhD with a deep passion for low-latency audio — joined the team as director of communications. FarPlay launched in full release in July 2022 and has attracted a devoted community of regular users ever since.