Human and Machine Intelligence

MOZART Oboe Concerto in C major, K314

I.    Allegro aperto

 Christopher Raphael, oboe

Informatics Philharmonic by Christopher Raphael

TCHAIKOVSKY    Violin Concerto in D major, Op.35

II.    Canznetta: Andante (G minor)

III.    Finale: Allegro vivacissimo (D major)

Korniev Olexandr (MUS2), violin

Informatics Philharmonic by Christopher Raphael

Videos of performances can be found here.

Musician biographies can be found here.

The Informatics Philharmonic by Christopher Raphael

The Informatics Philharmonic is a computer system that provides real-time accompaniment to a live soloist in a concerto-like setting.  The programme listens to the live player using a hidden Markov model that forms an online match between the incoming audio and the score.  The audio output of the program comes from a recording of the accompanying instruments, which is stretched and compressed in real time to match with the timing exhibited by the soloist.  Between these two processes is a Gaussian timing model that continually predicts future musical evolution.  This model learns from the live player by estimating model parameters after each rehearsal. — Christopher Raphael