The project "Pianos 4X" gives substance to the materialization of a hyper-piano in which the real sound and the unreal sound blend, going along the evolving continuity of an instrument with a great historical course. It’s the piano, yesterday’s mechanical technology model meeting contemporary digital tools.

Simão Costa has been developing computer tools (Max/Msp/Jitter) since 2006, changing them into instruments and these into contents.

"Pianos 4X"is a commission by Miso Music Portugal for [4x], namely: 2 pianos, 2 piano players. 1 acoustic piano, 1 virtual piano, 1 virtual piano player,  1 piano player + sound projection in [4x] audio channels.

The 2 pianos are from Yamaha, groundbreaker in creating solutions combining new technologies: the disklavier (1987) and the brand new Modus F11, acknowledged by the “magical” ability to perform on their own. That is how 1 piano player faces 2 pianos and his double, the virtual piano player. The computer appears as a featured tool, displaying the synchronized choreography between the usual/natural piano player and the other self that performs on his own, run by something invisible.

Imitation, polyphony, transmutation, interactivity and reactivity are the features in this "Pianos 4X" by Simão Costa.

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CO-PRODUCTION
MISO MUSIC PORTUGAL / CCB

SUPPORT
YAMAHA