Rosalinda

In this concert, Dieter will merge his two worlds of music and machine learning to determine whether an AI-driven virtual pianist can serve as a reliable partner for chamber music.

In 2019, world-renowned Finnish pianists, Juho Pohjonen and Joonas Pohjonen, developed MyPianist, a digital pianist which aims to respond to a musician’s playing just as a real musician would.

From their website:

“MyPianist listens to your playing with the built-in microphone and reacts to it with a sophisticated A.I. algorithm. Besides your phrasing and dynamics, the model takes into account the musical style and situation; in fact it rarely tries to follow you as exactly as possible since that would sound unnatural in most musical contexts.”

Dieter has worked extensively in the field of machine learning and AI, along with being a professional violinist.

He will give a brief talk on the underlying technologies and principles behind this new digital pianist tool, before demonstrating its efficacy with a full recital programme. While it will never replace the nuance, sensitivity and interpretations of a real pianist, we can determine together whether it can be a useful tool when needed.