Artificial intelligence conquers the stage: Music redefined in Memmingen!

Artificial intelligence conquers the stage: Music redefined in Memmingen!

A spectacular concert in Memmingen has impressively blurred the boundaries between people and the machine! Under the title "Music and Artificial Intelligence", the Munich University of Music presented what the future of classical music has. Despite the provocative topic, only 30 curious people came to the Antonier Hall to experience the unique event. The ironic rejection of artificial intelligence, which some are mocked by some as "artificial idiots", could have been the reason for the sparse audience. But the music lovers present, including composers and instrumentalists, experienced an extraordinary performance.

A conductor with vision

Under the direction of the talented Norwegian composer Torbjorn Heide Arnesen (*1994), the audience experienced works that were presented by students of the composition class under Professor Moritz Eggert. Professor Ali Nikrang, a pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence in music, was also present and showed how AI can revolutionize the musical landscape. "It is up to us how we use the AI," he explained, impressively showing what options the technology opened in classical music.

Innovative sounds and new challenges

The concert offered a fascinating mix of four different works: "piano concert", "pictures of a vector room", "negotiation" and "Maze of Data". The “piano concert” in particular caused a sensation because the self -playing piano presented passages that no one could ever play. Professor Eggert tried to make the complex techniques understandable, but whether he succeeded remains questionable. The piece "Images of a vector room" illustrated how Ki can promptly deliver different results with a constant, while "negotiation" addressed the challenge of distinguishing human-generated content. Finally, in "Maze of Data" the boundaries between human and artificial creativity and created a captivating musical experience.