11 A group of automated musical instrument interactive devices made their debut in the outdoor plaza of the Shanghai Concert Hall last Friday. The audience waved their hands towards the sensing equipment, and the device sounded "harmony"; the country's first AI-created traditional Chinese music concert "Zero One | China" "Color" recently launched an innovative fusion experiment; "robotic arm singer" Ellie and Pingtan cross-border master Gao Bowen shared the stage, imagining the ancient and modern changes in Jiangnan culture and Shanghai style culture... Recently, multiple performances and performances empowered by digital technology have The installation revitalizes ancient music through "programming".
After watching "Zero·One|Color of China", literary critic Mao Shi'an was immersed in the classical and modern atmosphere of the concert, and read two words on the faces of the young audience at the same venue: satisfaction. "The Shanghai Chinese Orchestra is not playing with the concept of AI, but is actually an organic and colorful integration of high-tech AI and ancient Chinese music." The two-way empowerment of technology and art continues to expand the Shanghai music stage the boundaries of innovation. "Through AI, digital media, robotic arms and other technologies, traditional music, which was a popular song in the past, can have a new voice in an expression that is more in line with the aesthetics of contemporary audiences and gain more audience attention. Literary artists and scientific and technological people are constantly exploring." said Fang Liang, general manager of Cadillac Shanghai Concert Hall.
A folk music concert that is as rigorous as computer programming
The costumes of the musicians show beautiful Chinese colors such as pine blossom, lotus root, light purple, rub blue, and mysterious sky. The poetry and folk music related to the colors echo each other... Recently, the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra, together with Tencent Music Entertainment Group Tianqin Laboratory and 1862 Fashion Art Center, premiered the traditional Chinese music and AI concert "Zero One | Chinese Color". The performance was broadcast on qq music and qq music video the night before No. 2 and other platforms are broadcast online.
""Zero·One|Chinese Color" presents the collision and integration of cutting-edge technology and traditional folk music, marking the breakthrough of the national music + AI model from 0 to 1." Vice President of Technology of Tencent Music Entertainment Group and Head of Tianqin Laboratory Zhou Wenjiang said, "The large musical model jointly developed by Tencent Music and Tencent AI Lab is customized according to the style and performance needs of the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra, ranging from traditional national instruments such as pipa, ruan, flute, and guzheng to keyboards, jazz drums, etc. Modern popular musical instruments are trained through rich and diverse music forms and creation rules, and then through style optimization, a leap-forward breakthrough is achieved in directly generating high-quality music by inputting description instructions, which is the "text into music" team. More than half of the members have a music professional background, as well as musical literacy and computer knowledge. Together, we explore the combination of national musical instruments and constantly explore and expand the artistic dimension of folk music. This is an exquisite and rigorous concert, just like computer programming. ." Zhou Wenjiang introduced. Mao Shi'an believes that "Zero·One|Chinese Color" is exquisitely conceived and full of cultural atmosphere. In the superimposed effect of modern form and special performance techniques to amplify the auditory beauty of folk music, it creates a school of Chinese aesthetics that is harmonious with poetry and prose. The classical artistic conception of appearance. While
is starting to create a "new track" with AI, the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra and Tencent Music will continue to deepen their cooperation, improve AI music generation large models, and use practical creation to present richer and more diverse styles and performance scenes.
The cross-time and space digital music dialogue evokes reverie about the future
retains the memory of Shanghai music. Ai Li, a popular female singer in Shanghai a hundred years ago, transformed into a "robotic arm singer" and used her "AI digital soul" to communicate with Pingtan actor Gao Bowen met at the Shanghai Concert Hall and started a cross-time and space dialogue called "Man Song Xing - AI Narrative Concert" at the b2 Music Cube.
As one of the activities in the "Digital Muse-Music Technology Fusion Festival", this experimental performance jointly created by Xingxiang Studio and Shanghai Pingtan Troupe made literary critic Sun Mengjin lament: "Traditional opera has left the theater. , era music and Pingtan complete the fusion of past and present life, there is reality in illusion, and it evokes reverie about the future in the ethereal world. "On the canopy of
Music Cube, light and shadow create an artistic conception.The most eye-catching thing in the whole performance is the "Robotic Arm Singer". According to the needs of the story, she sometimes becomes a character in Gao Bowen's Tanci, and sometimes echoes the female silhouette projection on the stage. As the female star Ellie, she performs live The first performance was "Awakening", "Looking Back is an Illusion", "Prosperity Like Smoke", "Reunion Like This", "Nirvana", "Reunion" and many other songs full of Shanghai style style. These songs were jointly created by German musician Johann Niegel and Chinese musician Deng Qing, using AI and other digital technologies to recreate based on the era songs of the last century. They are also the music team's tribute to creators such as Yan Zhexi, Zhou Xuan, Yao Li and others. pay tribute.
It is reported that the creative team creatively integrated and developed the "Robotic Arm Singer" through motion choreography, depth image collection, real-time calculation and other technologies. At the same time, using real data, models and text, Ellie can perform smoothly in the concert. "Some fans left messages on the public account, saying that the live performance of Pingtan was very beautiful. There were also many young people who were curious about the 'robotic arm' and came to watch the performance to experience the current new look of traditional folk arts and Shanghai old songs." Fang Liang It is said that in the future, the main creator will further polish it and incubate it into more creative and beautiful works.
Author: Jiang Fang
Text: Jiang Fang Picture: Performer Editor: Wang Xiaoli Editor: Xing Xiaofang
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