GPI contributions to Sonar: Fall 2021 and Spring 2022
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GPI-IDEAI participates in Synergies of musical creation with AI within AI and Music S+T+ARTS of Sonar +D in Barcelona 27-28 October 2021. April 2022 addition: also been presented in Sonar+D 2022 Lisboa: Check 'Read more' for links and information. |
Announced on TV3, October 21st (seek forward TN vespre to 27'45'')
Marco Mezquida ‘Piano + AI’
L'Auditori & Streaming Channel 1
► aimusicfestival.eu/en/programs/2021/areas/concerts-amp-demo-research/marco-mezquida-piano-ai
The first show of the AI and Music Festival brings together an eminence of jazz and classical piano with a custom AI, in a co-creation between Sónar and Barcelona’s UPC. The show, entitled “Piano + AI”, will be the world premiere of a work co-created by the famous pianist and composer Marco Mezquida together with UPC researchers Iván Paz and Philippe Salembier, in collaboration with the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya (ESMUC). The piece will promote a live ‘conversation’ between the piano and artificial intelligence, using real-time audio analysis and digital sound synthesis. 
AWWZ b2b AI DJ ‘LIVE’
Hall Stage & Streaming Channel 1
► aimusicfestival.eu/en/programs/2021/areas/concerts-amp-demo-research/awwz-b2b-ai-dj
One of the three specially created co-creations at the Festival, AWWZ b2b AI Dj is a unique collaboration between dj and producer Awwz, and a team of researchers from the UPC: Ioannis Tsiamas, Mireia de Gracia, Casimiro Pio, Dimas Ávila and Marta Ruiz Costa-Jussà. 
Hamill Industries & Kiani del Valle ‘ENGENDERED OTHERNESS. A symbiotic AI dance ensemble’
Teatre Stage & Streaming Channel 1
► aimusicfestival.eu/en/programs/2021/areas/concerts-amp-demo-research/hamill-industries-amp-kiani-del-valle-engendered-otherness-a-symbiotic-ai-dance-ensemble
A spectacular co-creation between visual artists Hamill Industries, award winning choreographer Kiani del Valle and a team of AI specialists from the UPC, ‘Engendered Otherness - A symbiotic AI dance ensemble’, brings generative audio, computer vision and dance together in an audiovisual show that pushes the limits of the human body into new territory thanks to the possibilities of AI.
A team of AI specialists from the UPC University has worked on the scientific part. The team is formed y Stefano Rosso, energy and sustainability graduate, data scientist and collaborator of the artist Sofia Crespo; Martí de Castro, industrial engineer specialised in computer vision and PhD candidate in artificial intelligence, and Javier Ruiz Hidalgo, researcher and PhD in image processing. 