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The Times (London) Friday March 17 1995, page 3 (Excerpts from a longer article, with colour photo) COMPUTER LENDS A HAND FOR TOUGH PIANO CONCERT Two piano pieces by an avant-garde Hungarian composer are so difficult to perform that a computer is having to stand in for the pianist at a concert tonight... To play the etudes by Ligeti, who wrote some of the music for the film 2001: A Space Odyssey, a piano is connected to a computer sitting on the piano stool. Dressed for the occasion in a bow tie, it will play the keys and pedals in a state-of-the-art variation of the pianola at the tenth International Composers Festival at the Royal Academy of Music in London. The computer reads the score and sends the information into an electrical digital box attached to the standard Yamaha piano and electric motors depress the keys. Paul Patterson, head of composition at the Royal Academy, said: "In a way, this piece is difficult only in that it is very fast with very complicated chord patterns. The fingers don't fall into normal patterns as they do in Mozart. They're all over the piano." He said that when they contacted to composer to break the news to him, they were "terribly nervous". "But he heard it performed and thought the computer was fantastic." Sibelius 7 is so sophisticated that it could make a piano perform dazzling feats far beyond the reach of any human hands. The pianist Alfred Brendel said: "You need three or five hands to play Ligeti. But it's worth the trouble." He said Ligeti pieces were not playable at short notice. "They are only playable by some talented wizard. They need a great deal of expertise." But he recommended the effort, saying that Ligeti wrote some of the best contemporary works for the keyboard. "I have inspired some young pianists to try them. I say, 'If you are feeling heroic...'" Dalya Alberge, Arts Correspondent [Sibelius 7's concert was attended by journalists and television news crews from around the world. Sibelius 7's performance was broadcast on TV news bulletins in many countries worldwide, from the USA (NBC & ABC networks) to Australia. It even made the front page of the South China Morning Post���
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Dressed fo| 000001e0 72 20 74 68 65 20 6f 63 63 61 73 69 6f 6e 20 69 |r the occasion i| 000001f0 6e 20 61 20 62 6f 77 20 74 69 65 2c 20 69 74 20 |n a bow tie, it | 00000200 77 69 6c 6c 20 70 6c 61 79 20 74 68 65 20 6b 65 |will play the ke| 00000210 79 73 20 61 6e 64 0a 70 65 64 61 6c 73 20 69 6e |ys and.pedals in| 00000220 20 61 20 73 74 61 74 65 2d 6f 66 2d 74 68 65 2d | a state-of-the-| 00000230 61 72 74 20 76 61 72 69 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 6f 66 |art variation of| 00000240 20 74 68 65 20 70 69 61 6e 6f 6c 61 20 61 74 20 | the pianola at | 00000250 74 68 65 20 74 65 6e 74 68 0a 49 6e 74 65 72 6e |the tenth.Intern| 00000260 61 74 69 6f 6e 61 6c 20 43 6f 6d 70 6f 73 65 72 |ational Composer| 00000270 73 20 46 65 73 74 69 76 61 6c 20 61 74 20 74 68 |s Festival at th| 00000280 65 20 52 6f 79 61 6c 20 41 63 61 64 65 6d 79 20 |e Royal Academy | 00000290 6f 66 20 4d 75 73 69 63 20 69 6e 20 4c 6f 6e 64 |of Music in Lond| 000002a0 6f 6e 2e 0a 0a 54 68 65 20 63 6f 6d 70 75 74 65 |on...The compute| 000002b0 72 20 72 65 61 64 73 20 74 68 65 20 73 63 6f 72 |r reads the scor| 000002c0 65 20 61 6e 64 20 73 65 6e 64 73 20 74 68 65 20 |e and sends the | 000002d0 69 6e 66 6f 72 6d 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 69 6e 74 6f |information into| 000002e0 20 61 6e 20 65 6c 65 63 74 72 69 63 61 6c 0a 64 | an electrical.d| 000002f0 69 67 69 74 61 6c 20 62 6f 78 20 61 74 74 61 63 |igital box attac| 00000300 68 65 64 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 73 74 61 6e 64 |hed to the stand| 00000310 61 72 64 20 59 61 6d 61 68 61 20 70 69 61 6e 6f |ard Yamaha piano| 00000320 20 61 6e 64 20 65 6c 65 63 74 72 69 63 20 6d 6f | and electric mo| 00000330 74 6f 72 73 0a 64 65 70 72 65 73 73 20 74 68 65 |tors.depress the| 00000340 20 6b 65 79 73 2e 0a 0a 50 61 75 6c 20 50 61 74 | keys...Paul Pat| 00000350 74 65 72 73 6f 6e 2c 20 68 65 61 64 20 6f 66 20 |terson, head of | 00000360 63 6f 6d 70 6f 73 69 74 69 6f 6e 20 61 74 20 74 |composition at t| 00000370 68 65 20 52 6f 79 61 6c 20 41 63 61 64 65 6d 79 |he Royal Academy| 00000380 2c 20 73 61 69 64 3a 20 22 49 6e 20 61 20 77 61 |, said: "In a wa| 00000390 79 2c 0a 74 68 69 73 20 70 69 65 63 65 20 69 73 |y,.this piece is| 000003a0 20 64 69 66 66 69 63 75 6c 74 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 | difficult only | 000003b0 69 6e 20 74 68 61 74 20 69 74 20 69 73 20 76 65 |in that it is ve| 000003c0 72 79 20 66 61 73 74 20 77 69 74 68 20 76 65 72 |ry fast with ver| 000003d0 79 20 63 6f 6d 70 6c 69 63 61 74 65 64 0a 63 68 |y complicated.ch| 000003e0 6f 72 64 20 70 61 74 74 65 72 6e 73 2e 20 54 68 |ord patterns. Th| 000003f0 65 20 66 69 6e 67 65 72 73 20 64 6f 6e 27 74 20 |e fingers don't | 00000400 66 61 6c 6c 20 69 6e 74 6f 20 6e 6f 72 6d 61 6c |fall into normal| 00000410 20 70 61 74 74 65 72 6e 73 20 61 73 20 74 68 65 | patterns as the| 00000420 79 20 64 6f 20 69 6e 0a 4d 6f 7a 61 72 74 2e 20 |y do in.Mozart. | 00000430 54 68 65 79 27 72 65 20 61 6c 6c 20 6f 76 65 72 |They're all over| 00000440 20 74 68 65 20 70 69 61 6e 6f 2e 22 20 48 65 20 | the piano." He | 00000450 73 61 69 64 20 74 68 61 74 20 77 68 65 6e 20 74 |said that when t| 00000460 68 65 79 20 63 6f 6e 74 61 63 74 65 64 20 74 6f |hey contacted to| 00000470 0a 63 6f 6d 70 6f 73 65 72 20 74 6f 20 62 72 65 |.composer to bre| 00000480 61 6b 20 74 68 65 20 6e 65 77 73 20 74 6f 20 68 |ak the news to h| 00000490 69 6d 2c 20 74 68 65 79 20 77 65 72 65 20 22 74 |im, they were "t| 000004a0 65 72 72 69 62 6c 79 20 6e 65 72 76 6f 75 73 22 |erribly nervous"| 000004b0 2e 20 22 42 75 74 20 68 65 0a 68 65 61 72 64 20 |. "But he.heard | 000004c0 69 74 20 70 65 72 66 6f 72 6d 65 64 20 61 6e 64 |it performed and| 000004d0 20 74 68 6f 75 67 68 74 20 74 68 65 20 63 6f 6d | thought the com| 000004e0 70 75 74 65 72 20 77 61 73 20 66 61 6e 74 61 73 |puter was fantas| 000004f0 74 69 63 2e 22 0a 0a 53 69 62 65 6c 69 75 73 20 |tic."..Sibelius | 00000500 37 20 69 73 20 73 6f 20 73 6f 70 68 69 73 74 69 |7 is so sophisti| 00000510 63 61 74 65 64 20 74 68 61 74 20 69 74 20 63 6f |cated that it co| 00000520 75 6c 64 20 6d 61 6b 65 20 61 20 70 69 61 6e 6f |uld make a piano| 00000530 20 70 65 72 66 6f 72 6d 20 64 61 7a 7a 6c 69 6e | perform dazzlin| 00000540 67 0a 66 65 61 74 73 20 66 61 72 20 62 65 79 6f |g.feats far beyo| 00000550 6e 64 20 74 68 65 20 72 65 61 63 68 20 6f 66 20 |nd the reach of | 00000560 61 6e 79 20 68 75 6d 61 6e 20 68 61 6e 64 73 2e |any human hands.| 00000570 20 54 68 65 20 70 69 61 6e 69 73 74 20 41 6c 66 | The pianist Alf| 00000580 72 65 64 20 42 72 65 6e 64 65 6c 0a 73 61 69 64 |red Brendel.said| 00000590 3a 20 22 59 6f 75 20 6e 65 65 64 20 74 68 72 65 |: "You need thre| 000005a0 65 20 6f 72 20 66 69 76 65 20 68 61 6e 64 73 20 |e or five hands | 000005b0 74 6f 20 70 6c 61 79 20 4c 69 67 65 74 69 2e 20 |to play Ligeti. | 000005c0 42 75 74 20 69 74 27 73 20 77 6f 72 74 68 20 74 |But it's worth t| 000005d0 68 65 0a 74 72 6f 75 62 6c 65 2e 22 20 48 65 20 |he.trouble." He | 000005e0 73 61 69 64 20 4c 69 67 65 74 69 20 70 69 65 63 |said Ligeti piec| 000005f0 65 73 20 77 65 72 65 20 6e 6f 74 20 70 6c 61 79 |es were not play| 00000600 61 62 6c 65 20 61 74 20 73 68 6f 72 74 20 6e 6f |able at short no| 00000610 74 69 63 65 2e 20 22 54 68 65 79 20 61 72 65 0a |tice. "They are.| 00000620 6f 6e 6c 79 20 70 6c 61 79 61 62 6c 65 20 62 79 |only playable by| 00000630 20 73 6f 6d 65 20 74 61 6c 65 6e 74 65 64 20 77 | some talented w| 00000640 69 7a 61 72 64 2e 20 54 68 65 79 20 6e 65 65 64 |izard. They need| 00000650 20 61 20 67 72 65 61 74 20 64 65 61 6c 20 6f 66 | a great deal of| 00000660 20 65 78 70 65 72 74 69 73 65 2e 22 0a 42 75 74 | expertise.".But| 00000670 20 68 65 20 72 65 63 6f 6d 6d 65 6e 64 65 64 20 | he recommended | 00000680 74 68 65 20 65 66 66 6f 72 74 2c 20 73 61 79 69 |the effort, sayi| 00000690 6e 67 20 74 68 61 74 20 4c 69 67 65 74 69 20 77 |ng that Ligeti w| 000006a0 72 6f 74 65 20 73 6f 6d 65 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 |rote some of the| 000006b0 20 62 65 73 74 0a 63 6f 6e 74 65 6d 70 6f 72 61 | best.contempora| 000006c0 72 79 20 77 6f 72 6b 73 20 66 6f 72 20 74 68 65 |ry works for the| 000006d0 20 6b 65 79 62 6f 61 72 64 2e 20 22 49 20 68 61 | keyboard. "I ha| 000006e0 76 65 20 69 6e 73 70 69 72 65 64 20 73 6f 6d 65 |ve inspired some| 000006f0 20 79 6f 75 6e 67 20 70 69 61 6e 69 73 74 73 20 | young pianists | 00000700 74 6f 0a 74 72 79 20 74 68 65 6d 2e 20 49 20 73 |to.try them. I s| 00000710 61 79 2c 20 27 49 66 20 79 6f 75 20 61 72 65 20 |ay, 'If you are | 00000720 66 65 65 6c 69 6e 67 20 68 65 72 6f 69 63 2e 2e |feeling heroic..| 00000730 2e 27 22 0a 0a 44 61 6c 79 61 20 41 6c 62 65 72 |.'"..Dalya Alber| 00000740 67 65 2c 20 41 72 74 73 20 43 6f 72 72 65 73 70 |ge, Arts Corresp| 00000750 6f 6e 64 65 6e 74 0a 0a 0a 5b 53 69 62 65 6c 69 |ondent...[Sibeli| 00000760 75 73 20 37 27 73 20 63 6f 6e 63 65 72 74 20 77 |us 7's concert w| 00000770 61 73 20 61 74 74 65 6e 64 65 64 20 62 79 20 6a |as attended by j| 00000780 6f 75 72 6e 61 6c 69 73 74 73 20 61 6e 64 20 74 |ournalists and t| 00000790 65 6c 65 76 69 73 69 6f 6e 20 6e 65 77 73 20 63 |elevision news c| 000007a0 72 65 77 73 0a 66 72 6f 6d 20 61 72 6f 75 6e 64 |rews.from around| 000007b0 20 74 68 65 20 77 6f 72 6c 64 2e 20 53 69 62 65 | the world. Sibe| 000007c0 6c 69 75 73 20 37 27 73 20 70 65 72 66 6f 72 6d |lius 7's perform| 000007d0 61 6e 63 65 20 77 61 73 20 62 72 6f 61 64 63 61 |ance was broadca| 000007e0 73 74 20 6f 6e 20 54 56 20 6e 65 77 73 0a 62 75 |st on TV news.bu| 000007f0 6c 6c 65 74 69 6e 73 20 69 6e 20 6d 61 6e 79 20 |lletins in many | 00000800 63 6f 75 6e 74 72 69 65 73 20 77 6f 72 6c 64 77 |countries worldw| 00000810 69 64 65 2c 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 74 68 65 20 55 53 |ide, from the US| 00000820 41 20 28 4e 42 43 20 26 20 41 42 43 20 6e 65 74 |A (NBC & ABC net| 00000830 77 6f 72 6b 73 29 20 74 6f 0a 41 75 73 74 72 61 |works) to.Austra| 00000840 6c 69 61 2e 20 49 74 20 65 76 65 6e 20 6d 61 64 |lia. It even mad| 00000850 65 20 74 68 65 20 66 72 6f 6e 74 20 70 61 67 65 |e the front page| 00000860 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 53 6f 75 74 68 20 43 68 | of the South Ch| 00000870 69 6e 61 20 4d 6f 72 6e 69 6e 67 20 50 6f 73 74 |ina Morning Post| 00000880 ff ff ff |...| 00000883
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