BACKLondon Mozart Players launches Piano Explored 2021 with Howard Shelley
Howard Shelley unearths some unusual specimens of the piano concerto repertoire in his latest Piano Explored series with the London Mozart Players
Music lovers are all feeling like parched travellers crawling across the desert in search of water, such is the thirst, still largely unquenched, for live concertgoing. In London, one oasis that stretches across the horizon is the latest Piano Explored series with the London Mozart Players (LMP) led from the keyboard by their conductor laureate Howard Shelley. Delayed from October 2020 to a starting date of 10 February this year, the series at the historic church of St John’s Smith Square is being filmed for online streaming and, if government rules allow, will open up to a socially distanced audience as we go into the spring.
Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik: die Bestenliste 1/2021 ist erschienen
Der Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik hat die erste Vierteljahresliste des Jahres 2021 veröffentlicht. Die zur Zeit 156 Kritiker-Juroren des PdSK, aufgeteilt in 32 Fach-Jurys, haben aus den Neuveröffentlichungen des Tonträgermarktes aus dem letzten Quartal 30 Siegertitel für die Bestenliste gekürt.
Orchestermusik
Peter Tschaikowsky: Symphonie Nr. 5 e-moll op.64; Francesca da Rimini op.32. Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Paavo Järvi. Alpha Classics ALPHA 659 (Note 1
Bohuslav Martinů: Violinkonzerte Nr. 1 H.226 & Nr. 2 H.293; Béla Bartók: Sonate für Violine solo Sz. 117. Frank Peter Zimmermann, Bamberger Symphoniker, Jakub Hrůša. SACD, BIS Records BIS-2457 (Klassik Center)
German Record Critics’ Prize: The best list 1/2021 has been published
The German Record Critics’ Prize has published the first quarterly list of the year 2021. The PdSK’s current 156 critics’ jurors, divided into 32 specialist juries, have selected 30 winning titles for the Best List from the new releases on the sound-carrier market from the last quarter.
Orchestral Music
Peter Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor op.64; Francesca da Rimini op.32. Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, Paavo Järvi. Alpha Classics ALPHA 659 (Note 1).
Bohuslav Martinů: Violin Concertos No. 1 H.226 & No. 2 H.293; Béla Bartók: Sonata for Solo Violin Sz. 117. Frank Peter Zimmermann, Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Jakub Hrůša. SACD, BIS Records BIS-2457 (Klassik Center)
La violoniste Hilary Hahn se frotte à l’intelligence artificielle
La violoniste Hilary Hahn s’est lancée dans une collaboration étonnante avec le compositeur David Lang et un robot ! Dans la pièce de David Lang : “Out of body”, la moitié des notes de la partition a été générée par un programme d’intelligence artificielle.
L’intelligence artificielle, la fameuse IA, est partout : on la retrouve dans le traitement anti-coronavirus, pour identifier le potentiel antiviral des traitements, dans un tout autre registre, on la retrouve dans la lutte contre l’exil fiscal. Bref, son recours touche quasiment tous les secteurs et la musique ne fait pas exception. La conception de réseaux de neurones artificiels qui sont capables de simuler l’intelligence musicale, d’interpréter des œuvres ou de produire des partitions, intéresse de plus en plus les musiciens : les compositeurs, compositrices et les interprètes.
Violinist Hilary Hahn rubs shoulders with artificial intelligence
Violinist Hilary Hahn has embarked on an amazing collaboration with composer David Lang and a robot! In David Lang’s piece “Out of body”, half of the notes in the score were generated by an artificial intelligence program.
Artificial intelligence, the famous AI, is everywhere: it is found in anti-coronavirus treatment, to identify the antiviral potential of treatments, in a completely different register, it is found in the fight against fiscal exile. In short, its use affects almost all sectors and music is no exception. The design of artificial neural networks that are capable of simulating musical intelligence, interpreting works or producing scores is of growing interest to musicians: composers and performers.