The Baptist University Symphony Orchestra will hold its annual concert tonight (14th), with special elements of technology. Baptist University musicians, together with artificial intelligence (AI) virtual choirs and dancers, and AI media artists, will perform the world's first large-scale concert The singing and dancing co-created and performed by humans and machines focused on the performance of the newly composed orchestral chorus "Pearl of the Orient", which attracted about 800 audiences to appreciate it.
AI dancer presents Ravel's "Daphne and Chloe" ballet performance
The annual concert was grandly held at the Hong Kong City Hall in the evening. The concert, with the theme of "Reunion", was an event to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland.
HKBU said that the symphony orchestra and the AI virtual choir performed on the same stage in the concert to perform the newly composed orchestral chorus "Pearl of the Orient".
AI media artists learn the semantic and aesthetic understanding of the lyrics of "Pearl of the Orient" from the music melody and songs, create cross-media visual images, and give the song a beautiful imagination. This is the first time in the world that the AI choir combined machines to create The immersive sound and picture generated by the visual narrative, the human-machine co-creation and co-performance completed under the real-time interaction of the music conductor and the symphony orchestra.
Another highlight of the concert was the performance of Ravel's "Daphne and Chloe" ballet performed by AI dancers with the live accompaniment of the HKBU Symphony Orchestra.
The school said that the AI's ballet movements were inspired by a newly discovered box jellyfish species in Hong Kong. In collaboration with professional dancers from the Hong Kong Dance Company, HKBU scientists trained the AI dancers to recognize dancing patterns in natural landscapes, and based on their perception of music. understanding and appreciation, creating natural and beautiful dance sequences and performing ballet dances.
HKBU student musicians also performed a series of repertoire at the concert, including Saint-Saëns' Prelude in A Minor and Caprice Rondo Opus 28, Byrne's Carmen Fantasia, and Guo Chunping's Rasa - String Quartet with Gamelan.
Human-computer symbiosis art creation platform technology has been funded by RGC for 500 million research
The AI technology for this performance was provided by the research team of the "Creative Intelligence Laboratory" led by Professor Kwok Yike, Vice-President (Research and Development) of HKBU. Received HK$52.84 million from the eleventh round of the Research Grants Council's Thematic Research Project for a five-year research.
The deputy coordinator of the research project, Professor Poon Ming-lun, founding dean of the HKBU School of Creative Arts, is also the music director and conductor of the HKBU Symphony Orchestra and the Hong Kong Baroque Chamber Orchestra.
HKBU pointed out that the co-creation and co-performance of humans and machines in this performance is an important stage achievement of the research project.
About 800 spectators attended the event tonight, including the Director of the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau, Mr Yang Yunxiong, and other government officials, a number of Legislative Council members, representatives of consulates of various countries in Hong Kong, and leaders of culture, arts and technology.
Chairman of the HKBU Council and Advisory Council, Chen Zhenyan, President Wei Bingjiang, members of the University Council and Council, and the University management, together with teachers, students and alumni, experienced this cross-border performance together.
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