Mechanical Piano

An audiovisual performance by AudioKinetica — a forceful multi art performance about man and machine, and whether we will stay in control? Or not?

Mechanical Piano is a ground breaking 60 minute multi art performance that takes contemporary classical music to a whole new level.

Mechanical Piano consists of chamber music non-verbal theatre-action and high end multimedia technology by the young international ensemble AudioKinetica led by Aleksandr Žedeljov. It’s inspired by the first novel by Kurt Vonnegut, Player Piano (1952) and deals with essential issues of fate — about the power balance between technology and humanity, about the way we are overflown by information. The performance places music as a suggested a tool for survival.

Mechanical Piano is an art show with architectural structures and machines that creates a unique musical and visual art- and soundscape for the audience. By decision of the international jury, it was the winner of the Estonian challenge for new formats for classical music EK:Labor 2015, organized by Eesti Kontsert.

Mechanical Piano was developed at the famous venue Kultuurikatel in Tallinn but will be a adapted to other venues. The touring package includes collaborating with local actors and even musicians. Wherever they perform, it’s about impact, nteractivity and intelligence.

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