
Ex Machina
Piano in the
21st century
A visually immersive program featuring six world premieres written for the piano and two genre-crossing new collaborative works
EX MACHINA is an interdisciplinary and multimedia project exploring the complex connections and relationship between technology and humanity through visual art and music. Evolving technology has been changing our lives, including how we experience arts and music. The title, Ex Machina, or From the Machine, reflects on humanity's creativity and struggle of identity in this fast changing world. As a starting point, the piano is a musical machine with which I create sound stories to evoke ideas and emotions. In this project, we will explore the machine’s multifaceted meanings artistically, musically, and philosophically.
Collaborators

Program
Act I
Atomic Pulse
Crystal Prelude No. 1 (solo piano)
Cryoacoustic Orb Installation Video
Reena Esmail, composer
Lee Weisert and Jonathon Kirk, sound installation designers
*Clinamina (piano and electronics)
Lee Weisert, composer
Prelude Feux d'Artifice
Claude Debussy, composer
New work by Liliya Ugay
Act II
Organic Machines
*Collaborative Composition
Suzi Analogue, beatmaker
Clara Yang, composer/piano
*Improvisation (solo piano)
Clara Yang, composer/piano
*Analogue Confession (solo piano)
Peter Askim, composer
*Collaborative Composition
Yvette Young, composer/electric guitar
Clara Yang, composer/piano
Act III
Synthetic Souls
*RoboDream (solo piano)
Phil Young, composer
*Think that's you - a personality software recognition software toccata (solo piano)
Allen Anderson, composer
*Drones (solo piano)
Stephen Anderson, composer
Postlude
Hoyt-Schermerhorn (piano and electronics)
Christopher Cerrone, composer
Clara Yang, piano/electronics
Xuan, new media artist
*Commissioned work
Total time: approx. 60 min
Program would be modified for all-solo piano concerts