Das Bleierne Klavier
for piano and live-electronics
1999 / duration: 12:00 min
The electroacoustic live-treatments of the piano are all controlled by the pianist himself. During his playing the musical gestures are traced and interpreted by the computer program to determine a big ensemble of parameters for the generation and playback of the electroacoustic part. This allows for the player a very direct "action - reaction" between the piano part and the electroacoustic sounds. They become a sort of prolongation of these instrumental gestures. The energy of the instrumentalist is causing decision-making in the electroacoustic part (which never will play exactly the same way) and is controlling equally the sound spatialization around the public.
January 15, 2005, Harvard University, John Knowles Paine Hall
piano : H.T.
January 13 2010, The Winnipeg Art Gallery
piano : H.T.
