Concerto for Pianist and Disklavier

Home

Index

> > > >

Sunday, April 17, 3:30pm
Peter Norton Symphony Space
New York City

The world premiere performance of composer Timothy Polashek's, Concerto for Pianist and Disklavier, music for pianist and interactive computer music system performed by pianist Joanne Chang. The work is a musical discourse between a solo pianist and a computer-controlled player piano taking the role of the orchestra. This discourse takes place on a single instrument, a Disklavier manufactured by Yamaha Corporation. At times the pianist plays in a traditional manner, but at other times is superseded or joined by the piano playing itself.

A computer program, written by the composer particularly for this work, drives the piano mechanisms. This computer program is aware of the actions of the pianist through transmissions from sensors that capture the pitch and loudness of played notes and the positioning of the foot pedals. At times the computer program simply directs the piano to play fixed material, at other times the computer interactively generates arpeggio-based motives derived from, and extending the nuances of, the pianist's performance.

More info is available on the web.

| Home |