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Computer Composer Honors Turing's Centenary
The Iamus-I computer cluster, in red, and Iamus-II, in server rack cabinets, generate contemporary classical music.
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Computers may struggle to converse with human convincingly, but composing music seems to come naturally. A century after Alan Turing's birth, a program called Iamus has penned a suite of musical and orchestral pieces in his honor.
Iamus was created by Francisco Vico of the University of Malaga, Spain, and developed with pianist and composer Gustavo Díaz-Jerez, also at Malaga. It "evolves" its own music, and produces scores that real musicians can play.
On Monday (July 2), Díaz-Jerez played Colossus, an Iamus composition premiered in a live-streamed concert to honor Turing.
In a month's time, a recording of Iamus's Transits into an Abyss, performed by the London Symphony Orchestra, will go on sale — the first major work composed by a computer and performed by a full orchestra.
From New Scientist
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