Dream Theater keyboardist Jordan Rudess is featured in a new interview with Metal Wani editor in chief Owais "Vitek" Nabi. He discusses the band's 25th Anniversary Images, Words & Beyond tour, his solo career, and working on new material for Dream Theater's next album, the follow-up to their love-it-or-hate-it record The Astonishing from 2016.

Rudess has announced details for his third annual Jordan Rudess KeyFest, which will be held April 26th - 28th at Sweetwater Sound in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Registration is open now at jordanrudess.com/keyfest-2018, and sweetwater.com/events/2018/04/keyfest.

KeyFest is a 3 - day interactive keyboard gathering with Jordan Rudess, Tom Brislin (Yes, Renaissance), and Bill Laurence (Snarky Puppy). During the day, these three renown keyboardists will lead workshops on essential skills ranging from the art of soloing, keyboard technique, sound design, music apps, improvisation and more. In the evenings, they will perform intimate concerts and lead the participants in jams and master classes.

“Besides all of the learning that happens during the workshops, the best part of the past two KeyFests was just having the chance to hang out with other keyboardists, share our musical ideas and geek out together. Sweetwater is the ultimate musical instrument store so it’s the perfect setting for the ultimate keyboard gathering”, says Rudess.

Thad Tegtmeyer, Sweetwater Vice President, Campus Sales Operations & Artist Relations says, “Sweetwater is absolutely delighted to host KeyFest 2018. It's an honor to host Jordan Rudess, along with Tom Brislin and Bill Laurance. We're very excited to bring these amazing artists to the Sweetwater campus and we appreciate them sharing their talents with our customers”

Watch announcements from Jordan, Tom Brislin and Bill Laurence below:

Jordan Rudess is on a US West Coast and European tour to perform a solo piano performance entitled: From Bach To Rock: A Musician’s Journey. The tour began in the US in March, and travels to Europe beginning March 30th through mid-April.

Rudess’ solo concert will travel through his fascinating musical journey - how a young Juilliard piano prodigy destined for a classical music career evolved into a keyboard rock star phenomenon.

Tour dates:

March
30 - Padua, Italy

April
1 - Tel Aviv, Israel
3 - London, England
4 - Utrecht, Netherlands
6 - Vantaa/Helsinki, Finland
8 - Stockholm, Sweden
10 - Esbjerg, Denmark
11 - Hamburg, Germany
12 - Essen, Germany
13 - Frankfurt, Germany
15 - San Sebastian, Spain

More details and tickets here.