In collaboration with the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, the Greek Chamber Music Project presents the in-person premiere of two new chamber music works inspired by Greek mythology: "Talos Dreams" and "Medea: Rebirth and Destruction." This live-streamed event includes a prerecorded talkback by Stanford scholar Adrienne Mayor, whose book Gods and Robots about ancient Greek robots inspired the music. This concert celebrates the release of Synchronos: New Greek Voices on the GCMP label. A copy of the CD is included with a tax-deductible donation to GCMP.
Commissioned by GCMP, Talos Dreams by Costas Dafnis explores the concept of made versus born. Natural and processed sounds come crashing together to conjure an image of Talos, the tale of the first robot. The 30-minute work for chamber ensemble highlights the ghostplate, a novel metallic instrument that Dafnis built and designed with Bay Area improviser Tom Nunn. Its sonic palette -- atmospheric, echoing, wispy, and metallic -- sounds remarkably electronic for an acoustic instrument. The ghostplate creates a soundscape that is at once familiar and extraordinary.
Talos Dreams takes its cues from Gods and Robots, a book by Stanford scholar Adrienne Mayor, revealing that the earliest concepts of automatons, robots and artificial intelligence can be traced back to ancient Greece -- first in mythology, and later in self-moving devices and robots. The line between human and not human, born vs. built, is an AI concept that's not only recent, but in fact thousands of years old.The performance will also feature the premiere of Medea: Rebirth and Destruction. It serves as a companion piece to Talos Dreams, inspired by the powerful sorceress responsible for the fall of Talos. Medea held the power of life and death in her hands, enabling her to break free of traditional societal roles. Medea: Rebirth and Destruction is an original collection of works for chamber ensemble and electronics by San Francisco Conservatory of Music composition students.
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Commissioned by GCMP, Talos Dreams by Costas Dafnis explores the concept of made versus born. Natural and processed sounds come crashing together to conjure an image of Talos, the tale of the first robot. The 30-minute work for chamber ensemble highlights the ghostplate, a novel metallic instrument that Dafnis built and designed with Bay Area improviser Tom Nunn. Its sonic palette -- atmospheric, echoing, wispy, and metallic -- sounds remarkably electronic for an acoustic instrument. The ghostplate creates a soundscape that is at once familiar and extraordinary.
Talos Dreams takes its cues from Gods and Robots, a book by Stanford scholar Adrienne Mayor, revealing that the earliest concepts of automatons, robots and artificial intelligence can be traced back to ancient Greece -- first in mythology, and later in self-moving devices and robots. The line between human and not human, born vs. built, is an AI concept that's not only recent, but in fact thousands of years old.The performance will also feature the premiere of Medea: Rebirth and Destruction. It serves as a companion piece to Talos Dreams, inspired by the powerful sorceress responsible for the fall of Talos. Medea held the power of life and death in her hands, enabling her to break free of traditional societal roles. Medea: Rebirth and Destruction is an original collection of works for chamber ensemble and electronics by San Francisco Conservatory of Music composition students.
In collaboration with the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, the Greek Chamber Music Project presents the in-person premiere of two new chamber music works inspired by Greek mythology: "Talos Dreams" and "Medea: Rebirth and Destruction." This live-streamed event includes a prerecorded talkback by Stanford scholar Adrienne Mayor, whose book Gods and Robots about ancient Greek robots inspired the music. This concert celebrates the release of Synchronos: New Greek Voices on the GCMP label. A copy of the CD is included with a tax-deductible donation to GCMP.
Commissioned by GCMP, Talos Dreams by Costas Dafnis explores the concept of made versus born. Natural and processed sounds come crashing together to conjure an image of Talos, the tale of the first robot. The 30-minute work for chamber ensemble highlights the ghostplate, a novel metallic instrument that Dafnis built and designed with Bay Area improviser Tom Nunn. Its sonic palette -- atmospheric, echoing, wispy, and metallic -- sounds remarkably electronic for an acoustic instrument. The ghostplate creates a soundscape that is at once familiar and extraordinary.
Talos Dreams takes its cues from Gods and Robots, a book by Stanford scholar Adrienne Mayor, revealing that the earliest concepts of automatons, robots and artificial intelligence can be traced back to ancient Greece -- first in mythology, and later in self-moving devices and robots. The line between human and not human, born vs. built, is an AI concept that's not only recent, but in fact thousands of years old.The performance will also feature the premiere of Medea: Rebirth and Destruction. It serves as a companion piece to Talos Dreams, inspired by the powerful sorceress responsible for the fall of Talos. Medea held the power of life and death in her hands, enabling her to break free of traditional societal roles. Medea: Rebirth and Destruction is an original collection of works for chamber ensemble and electronics by San Francisco Conservatory of Music composition students.
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Commissioned by GCMP, Talos Dreams by Costas Dafnis explores the concept of made versus born. Natural and processed sounds come crashing together to conjure an image of Talos, the tale of the first robot. The 30-minute work for chamber ensemble highlights the ghostplate, a novel metallic instrument that Dafnis built and designed with Bay Area improviser Tom Nunn. Its sonic palette -- atmospheric, echoing, wispy, and metallic -- sounds remarkably electronic for an acoustic instrument. The ghostplate creates a soundscape that is at once familiar and extraordinary.
Talos Dreams takes its cues from Gods and Robots, a book by Stanford scholar Adrienne Mayor, revealing that the earliest concepts of automatons, robots and artificial intelligence can be traced back to ancient Greece -- first in mythology, and later in self-moving devices and robots. The line between human and not human, born vs. built, is an AI concept that's not only recent, but in fact thousands of years old.The performance will also feature the premiere of Medea: Rebirth and Destruction. It serves as a companion piece to Talos Dreams, inspired by the powerful sorceress responsible for the fall of Talos. Medea held the power of life and death in her hands, enabling her to break free of traditional societal roles. Medea: Rebirth and Destruction is an original collection of works for chamber ensemble and electronics by San Francisco Conservatory of Music composition students.
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