Decoder Ensemble

»Future Recognition« – Hamburg International Music Festival

Decoder Ensemble
Decoder Ensemble © Richard Stöhr / Lorin Strohm
Decoder Ensemble
Decoder Ensemble © Gerhard Kühne
  • Doors open 18:30

  • Start 19:30

The future of composing?

The Decoder Ensemble always moves with the times – or is a bit ahead of it. As a »Band for New Music«, the six musicians are regular guests at the Elbphilharmonie with a wide variety of projects. »Future Recognition« explores the possibilities of artificial intelligence in music and art as part of the Hamburg International Music Festival, which takes place in 2025 under the theme of the »Future«.

All works on this evening experiment with AI and are for the most part premieres by international young composers for whom working with AI is almost second nature. Creative potential or risk to people and their identity?

Alexander Schubert is both ensemble member and composer. With his piece »Holo_Acid.MOV (CRYPT-File)«, he raises further key questions: lyrics, sounds and videos in this multimedia work are without exception AI generated. Since its premiere in 2021, production techniques have rapidly improved and streamlined – what does this short half-life mean for artistic creation? Multimedia artist Denis Polec has been commissioned to refine the visual part of this composition using AI.

Performers

Decoder Ensemble

Sonja Lena Schmid violoncello
Leopold Hurt zither
Andrej Koroliov piano, keyboard
Jonathan Shapiro drums

Giovanni Dinello sound design

Programme

»Future Recognition«

Monika Dalach Sayers
When Things Bite Back (Uraufführung) / Kompositionsauftrag von Decoder Ensemble, gefördert durch die Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung

Michael Brailey
Answerlessness (Uraufführung) / Kompositionsauftrag von Decoder Ensemble, gefördert durch die Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung

Alexander Schubert
Holo_Acid.MOV (CRYPT-File) / Fassung in 3D Audio (Neugestaltung des Videos durch generative KI von Denis Połeć)

Sasha Chen
iᵈᵉᶜᵒᵈᵉʳdentity factory (Uraufführung)

Eine Kooperation mit dem ligeti zentrum in Hamburg-Harburg, gefördert von dem Ingeborg und Hellmuth Spielmann-Stiftungsfonds unter dem Dach der Hamburgischen Kulturstiftung und der Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung

Festival

Hamburg International Music Festival

Artificial Intelligence

Promoter: HamburgMusik

A cooperation with the ligeti centre in Hamburg-Harburg. Supported by the Ingeborg und Hellmuth Spielmann-Stiftungsfonds under the umbrella of the Hamburgische Kulturstiftung and the Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung.

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