Jena Philharmonic brings genius and AI to Kassablanca
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Genius versus AI: When classical music meets digital creativity
The Jena Philharmonic invites you to an extraordinary concert evening at Kassablanca on Tuesday, November 3, 2026. In the Black Box series, traditional chamber music meets algorithmically generated sounds in a musical experiment about expression, creativity, and the future of music.
Mozart meets Music Automaton
At the center is the dialogue between four orchestral musicians and a music automaton developed by Jörn Arnecke and composer Alex James Vaughan. The historical art form of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart engages in a thrilling exchange with digitally generated sound structures.
Between Chamber Music and Algorithmic Sound
The program features Mozart's Flute Quartet in D Major KV 285. The concert is complemented by Jörn Arnecke's works Triple Sound for solo viola and Crossplay for solo flute, as well as other compositions by the music automaton at the Center for Music Theory at the University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar.
The ensemble combines flute, violin, viola, and cello with electronically or algorithmically generated sound ideas. This creates an unusual stage performance where acoustics, orchestration, synchronization, and the immediate live atmosphere of Kassablanca come together.
Music as an Open Debate
Black Box doesn’t perceive the concert merely as a listening event. The audience experiences a musical research field and is invited to reflect on the expressive power of artificial intelligence, its limitations, and opportunities. Between concentrated listening and shared reflection, a concert experience develops that connects classical music, contemporary sound, and discourse.
Participants
Ermunde Geuther takes the flute part, Torben Jans plays violin, Anne Schuster plays viola, and Markus Löbling plays cello. Prof. Jörn Arnecke, head of the Center for Music Theory at the University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar, operates the music automaton.
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Black Box № 1 promises a concert evening beyond familiar listening habits: Mozart, contemporary music, and artificial intelligence collide in a lively musical discourse. Anyone looking to rediscover classical music and experience the future of sound should not miss this special concert at Kassablanca.
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