Carnegie Hall, Zankel Hall, Thursday, January 30, 7:30pm
We are hrilled to announce the International Contemporary Ensemble upcoming performance « Boulez Rebooted », part of Carnegie Hall’s Pierre Boulez centennial celebration. The concert includes the world premiere of an interactive work for artificial intelligence Somax2 from Erc Reach and live performers, inspired by Boulez Pli Selon Pli / Improvisations sur Mallarmé.
This is a major achievement for Erc Reach thanks to our friend and great inspirer George Lewis Artistic Director of the International Contemporary Ensemble
« Featuring World Premiere with Somax2 AI Application; Baritone Will Liverman in Kaija Saariaho’s Sombre; Works by Philippe Manoury, Tyshawn Sorey, and Pierre Boulez
New York, NY (December 10, 2024) — As part of Carnegie Hall’s Pierre Boulez centennial celebration, International Contemporary Ensemble performs a cutting-edge concert on Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. at Zankel Hall Center Stage. The concert includes the world premiere of an interactive work for artificial intelligence and live performers inspired by Boulez, as well as music by Boulez himself and composers inspired by him, including Philippe Manoury, Kaija Saariaho, and Tyshawn Sorey.
The final work on the program takes the experiments of Anthèmes II a step further, showcasing the latest breakthroughs in responsive music-performance technology with the world premiere of Pliages, hommage à Pierre Boulez. Conceived by the head of the Music Representation Research Group at IRCAM, Gérard Assayag, ICE percussionist/electronics-engineer Levy Lorenzo, and International Contemporary Ensemble, the work incorporates the advancements of Somax2, an artificial intelligence application created at IRCAM in the REACH research project (reach.ircam.fr) that can co-create real-time improvisations with live musicians, either autonomously or steered by a human musician. Trained via an engagement with Boulez’s works, this premiere is an homage to the creator of the institute where this research was born. »
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