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The famous pianist Roberto Prosseda will perform some compositions by Scarlatti, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Liszt, Joplin, then interacting with the robot. The initiative is organized by the Accademia Musicale Napoletana (Italian glorious institution founded in 1933 by Alfredo Casella, governess from 1952 International Piano Competition for he titled) and promoted by the Department of Culture and Tourism for the City of Naples. It will take take place at the Convent of San Domenico Maggiore, where an "Impossible Exhibition" by Pietrasanta Association is taking place. It will be possible to visit the exhibition before or after the concert. In collaboration with Steinway & Sons , through the ancient Enterprises Alberto Napolitano of Piazza Carità Naples (1840) and the Association Pietrasanta.
Who is TEO TRONICO? Teo tronic (Imola, 2012), designed and built by Matteo Suzzi, a pianist-robot that plays the piano with great dynamic control of articulation, thanks to his 53 fingers and technology that allows you to move them with great precision and speed . It was introduced by the pianist Roberto Prosseda that since March 2012 organizes concert lectures with Teo Tronico on the relationship between play and musical interpretation. In 2012 he made his debut on television on Channel 5, taking part to the programme "Italy's Got Talent". He made his debut with orchestra August 26th, 2012 with the Berliner Symphoniker conducted by Michelangelo Galeati at the prestigious Berlin Philharmonic.
What does Teo Tronico do? Teo Tronico can play literally playing a midi file: therefore ideal interpreter of the repertoire for player-piano by Stravinsky, Hindemith, Nancarrow, Ligeti. It can also take the "appearance" of a pianist piano true in the case reproduces midi files derived from piano rolls recorded by the great pianists of the past, as Busoni, Debussy, Rachmaninoff, Hoffman. It can also play some "mirror-pianist" when connected to a digital piano played by a person ("ghost-pianist"). With this mode, Teo Tronico can also play as a piano soloist with orchestra, chamber ensembles and as an accompanist for singers, even remotely from miles away.
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