演出介绍

   

《联觉游乐场》-一场色彩与音乐的碰撞，别开生面的体验！

aroslaw Kapuscinski Juicy (12) （AI 跨媒体）

雅罗斯瓦夫·卡普辛斯基 《Juicy》

 

Andy Akiho Into the Woods (9) （加料钢琴+多媒体）

安迪· 秋保 《魔法黑森林》

 

Annie Gosfield Brooklyn, Oct 5, 1941 (5) （棒球）

安妮•高斯菲尔德 《布鲁克林1941年10月5日》

 

Intermission—

 

World premiere Jacob Charles (11) (团）

雅各布• 查尔斯《缤纷》世界首演

 

Steve Reich Clapping Music (5)

史蒂芬·迈克尔 《拍手音乐》

 

Andy Akiho Synesthesia Suite （团）

安迪· 秋保 《联觉作品集》

 

Murasaki purple (7)

《紫》

Orange (5)

《橙》

Beige （8）

《肌色》

Red (8)

《红》

 

      柴琼妍一个拥有奇特视角的艺术家，以她的惊人的音乐天赋照亮了这个世界与音乐的链接。结合最锋利的意图，柴琼妍将她的天赋与个人魅力融合起来，致力于她最新的实时电子音乐、人工智能、环境研究，建立分层的多媒体程序和项目，探索科学、自然和艺术的元素。在国内外颇受喜爱，《纽约客》(The New Yorker)将柴形容为“一位才华横溢的钢琴家，与她深厚的音乐才能相匹配。　

　　“她的音乐丰富多彩，就像有无数个小精灵蕴藏其中，时不时会自己跑出来”——安东尼·德·麦尔

　　“她作为一个演奏家，以出色的钢琴技巧和音乐理解力专注于演绎最近一百年，尤其是最近三十年来的新音乐作品，令人印象至深” ——作曲家尼尔斯·维格朗

　　“她用层次清晰的声音呈现了一幅色彩斑斓的音乐图画”——作曲家陈怡

      “Jenny Q Chai是位卓越的钢琴家，有着无与伦比的想象力”——《巴利亚多利德日报》

柴琼妍博士

      柴琼妍毕业于上海音乐学院，柯蒂斯音乐学院，曼哈顿音乐学院,获得曼哈顿音乐学院授予的博士学位。在德国跟随当代钢琴大师梅西安专家皮艾尔-劳伦特·艾玛专攻现代钢琴。先后师从Pierre-LaurentAimard，Seymour Lipkin，Solomon Mikowsky，Anthony de Mare，Marilyn Noken等众多名家。加州大学伯克利分校(University of California Berkeley)的钢琴教授。 

      柴博士游走于美国和中国之间，对于新音乐有自己独到的见解。特别是对舒曼、 斯卡拉蒂、 贝多芬、 巴赫、 德彪西和拉威尔的作品。同时对20世纪当代大师 凯奇, 梅西安, 库尔塔克和莉盖蒂的作品也演绎地很出色。同许多当代的作曲家Marco Stroppa, Jaroslaw Kapuscinski, György Kurtág库尔塔克 等等,广泛合作、友谊深厚。除此之外，柴博士还用她灵巧且诗意的触键把这些伟大的作曲家编织成一幅巨大且清晰的音乐挂毯。作为加料钢琴发明家约翰凯奇的第二代直系弟子，柴博士是第一位把加料钢琴带入中国的钢琴家，在2012年与波兰钢琴家彼得托马斯在上海音乐厅第一次呈现。

柴博士这套曲目所运用的人工智能技术：

      这项工作的一个重要方面是钢琴家控制视频的进程和效果，执行自然自发的书法画的能力。对我来说，这幅作品的美在于看到的是正在被描绘的书法，而不仅仅是一幅完成的画。线条随着厚度和形状的变化而逐渐出现，其戏剧性的节奏不亚于舞蹈。钢琴演奏的音乐与形象有着严格的节奏感和表现力，因此，要演奏这种自然自由的视听舞蹈，的方法就是把电脑变成一个智慧的合作者。计算机需要能够匹配音乐家的不可思议的能力，倾听，预测对方的节奏，并在完美的同步执行。钢琴是一种特别难以机听的乐器，因为钢琴声音的确切声学特征随着踏板的响度、复调和和声效而发生了显着的变化。在“子期书法”中，计算机运行着一个名为Antescofo的子程序，它使用人工智能算法在10-20毫秒内识别钢琴演奏的每一个音符，预测她的意图，不断调整预测，并触发视频帧以配合音乐动作的不断波动的节奏。这种智能系统也是“容错的”，这意味着由于人工智能，它可以识别和忽略意外错误，并在继续合作执行的同时保持对预期目标的关注。这幅作品展示了人工智能如何使音乐家能够成为一个视听表演家——钢琴家可以现场绘画书法。

 

 

Total: 70 min.

 

Program Notes:

JUICY (for piano and audiovisual projection, 2010, 10 min, animation assistance: John Edmark) by Jaroslaw Kapuscinski

Fruits and music have a lot in common. Both can be vividly colorful and structurally geometric but even in most formal settings they are never purely abstract. Music is anchored in the body and its emotions, while fruit evokes associations of taste and smell. Their expression is intense yet very direct and appears effortless. Even the simplest melodies or commonest of berries can be intense and sensuous.  The six-movement suite fuses  live piano music with images of fruits that were produced using stop-motion technique on a traditional animation stand. 

The rhythm of video editing and overall flow of imagery is controlled by the pianist using AI enabled program that listens and anticipates her pacing. 

 

Steven Sondheim Into the Woods arrangement by Andy Akiho with paintings by

Camryn Connolly  

A fairytale told by prepared piano.

A prepared piano is a piano that has had its sounds temporarily altered by placing bolts, screws, mutes, rubber erasers, and/or other objects on or between the strings. Its invention is usually traced to John Cage's dance music for Bacchanale (c. 1938), created without room for a percussion orchestra. Typical of Cage's practice as summed up in the Sonatas and Interludes (1946–48) is that each key of the piano has its own characteristic timbre, and that the original pitch of the string will not necessarily be recognizable. Further variety is available with use of the una corda pedal.

Jenny Q Chai being one of the most well-known contemporary pianists internationally, and a student of John Cage’s students, introduced prepared piano to China for the very first time, together with pianist Piotr Tomasz in 2012.

Composer’s note on arranging this piece. Andy Akiho: “the first time i listened to it i loved the concept of Into the Woods—being lost in and confused by the woods, and the consistent and driving rhythms of the opening prologue. i was also intrigued by Sondheim’s innovative and witty use of spoken narrative against his catchy melodies, particularly during each character’s introduction. My goal in re-imagining this pro- logue was to orchestrate each character’s personality with the use of prepared piano—for example, dimes on the strings for the cow scenes, poster tack on the strings for door knocks and narrated phrases, and credit card string-clusters for the wicked witch. My goal was to portray each char- actor’s story and mystical journey using exotic piano timbres in place of text.”

Dr. Chai came across Camryn Connolly’s paintings when she submitted her painting for global warming painting contest accompanying Dr. Chai’s global warming program Acqua Alta, her painting was a prize winner. Among many paintings, Dr. Chai was especially impressed by Connolly’s works and decided to pair her paintings with Into the Woods, to describe the state of our world and our current reactions and situations regarding our environment.

 

安妮•高斯菲尔德 《布鲁克林1941年10月5日》

一首用棒球演奏的钢琴曲。再次呈现了布鲁克林1941年10月5日的那场历史性的棒球比赛。