Scary Beauty

Keiichiro Shibuya’s Android Opera “Scary Beauty” The Japan Premiere will be Performed An Android Conducts a Human Orchestra and Sings with them

Keiichiro Shibuya’s Android Opera “Scary Beauty” The Japan Premiere will be Performed An Android Conducts a Human Orchestra and Sings with them

「アンドロイドオペラ『Scary Beauty』」は、世界の人工生命研究者が集うALIFE2018(人工生命国際学会)のパブリックプログラムとして2018年7月に、日本科学未来館(東京・お台場)で初演が行われ、その公演でAI(人工知能)を搭載したアンドロイド オルタ2(Alter2)が30名に及ぶ人間のオーケストラを指揮し、それを伴奏に自ら歌う姿を披露。作曲とピアノを渋谷慶一郎が担当、人工生命とアンドロイドに関して世界的に著名な東京大学や大阪大学の研究者が、プロジェクトメンバー。実際の演奏の際に起こるであろう人間の創造を超えた急激なテンポや強弱の変化、それに伴う歌唱表現の極度な振れ幅は全てアンドロイドが自ら決定し、作曲された音楽作品の新たな可能性を引き出す場合もあれば、破壊する可能性もはらみ、”奇妙な、不気味な美しさ”を醸し出す。

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Android Opera“Scary Beauty” PERFORMANCE CREDIT (for Düsseldorf 2019)

Android Opera “Scary Beauty”

Concept, Composition, Direction, Piano: Keiichiro Shibuya
Vocal, Conduct: Alter3 (Powered by mixi, Inc.)
Orchestra Performance:
The Japanese Philharmonic Düsseldorf(Düsseldorf)
The Volunteer Orchestra of Students and Graduates at Kunitachi College of Music (Tokyo))
Australian Art Orchestra (AAO)(Adelaide)

Alter series Hardware and Software Architecture Design & Programming:
Hiroshi Ishiguro, Kohei Ogawa, Takashi Ikegami, Itsuki Doi
Alter 3 Software Architecture Design & Programming:
Atsushi Masumori, Norihiro Maruyama, ALTERNATIVE MACHINE Inc.
Alter 3 Simulator Development: mixi, Inc.
Alter 3 Performance Operation & Development: Souyou Kamdagawa (SUIGADOU Theatrical)
System Architect and Electronics: Kotobuki Hikaru
Lighting Design: Takayuki Fujimoto (Kinsei R&D)
Sound Design: Yoshiyuki Kanamori, Yu Kudo (Oasis sound design inc.)
Video Operation: Yoshihiro Yoshida
Technical Assistant: johnsmith
Program Support: Masayuki Momo, Shinichi Yamaguchi
Stage Manager: So Ozaki
Music Technical Adviser: Yasuaki Itakura, Motoharu Kawashima
Score Writing: Nozomu Kaneda, Osamu Suzuki
Vocaloid Support: Justine Emard
Public Relations: Naoki Takami (Warner Music Japan Inc.)
Production Management: Naomi Ohki, Tamami Kanda, Kana Yoshikawa
Producer: Kazunao Abe, Shigeru Ogawa
Executive Producer: Takehito Masui (Warner Music Japan Inc.)
Produced by: Warner Music Japan Inc. / ATAK TOKYO CO., LTD.

Special Cooperated by: Osaka university, Intelligent Robotics Laboratory (Ishiguro Lab.), The university of Tokyo, Ikegami Laboratory, Miraikan (National Musseum of Emerging Science and Innovation), ALTERNATIVE MACHINE Inc., mixi, Inc., init,inc, CRYPTON FUTURE MEDIA, INC, Pi PHOTONICS,INC.
Special Thanks: Koki Kimura (mixi, Inc.), Maholo Uchida