Robot Symphony: Dresden orchestra conducted by 3-armed robot
Do robots dream of classical music? To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Dresdner Sinfoniker an industry robot trained by a conductor will take the baton for part of the "Robot Symphony."
In collaboration with the Technical University of Dresden, a robot has been trained to beat time and indicate dynamics. Playback mode allows the robot's movements to be sent directly to the machine's three arms.
The concert with three world premieres will take place at the Festspielhaus Hellerau - European Center for the Arts near Dresden. It will be live streamed on DW's Classical Music YouTube channel on October 13 at 3 p.m. CEST (Central European Summer Time).
What will be the reaction of an orchestra that is so accustomed to reading the subtlest movements and gestures of its conductor and translating them into music? What about the conductor's authority and charisma? Will a new form of musical expression emerge from this collaboration? And will composers in the future break new ground by working with a sophisticated robot conductor?
In the first part of the evening, 16 brass players and 4 percussionists from the Dresdner Sinfoniker will perform works by Markus Lehmann-Horn, Konstantia Gourzi, and Wieland Reissmann under the baton of Magnus Loddgard.
