The Second Summit on Music Intelligence, co-hosted by the Central Conservatory of Music (CCOM) and the Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence (CAAI), opened in Beijing on October 28, 2023, featuring a "Future Concert" that combined technology and art. Photo: Courtesy of CCOM

The Second Summit on Music Intelligence, co-hosted by the Central Conservatory of Music (CCOM) and the Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence (CAAI), opened recently in Beijing, featuring a "future concert" that combined technology and art.

The summit gathered influential leaders in the fields of music artificial intelligence, music and brain science, and music therapy, as well as representatives from the music industry, to explore the future of music and share the latest advances and trends in technology and industry.

The opening ceremony and future concert were held at the CCOM Opera Hall on October 28 and were hosted by Professor Li Xiaobing, executive chairman of the summit and director of the Department of Music Artificial Intelligence and Music Information Technology at CCOM.

The summit included keynote speeches, seven thematic forums, one parallel satellite session, one roundtable discussion on music artificial intelligence, and awards for various interdisciplinary fields. It also held an electronic music composition contest and an electronic music marathon performance.

The future concert on the opening day was a feast of art and science for the audience. The concert showcased the infinite possibilities of future music with the cross-disciplinary integration of music, artificial intelligence and brain science. 

The concert was co-created by musicians and scientists. The creative team for the concert consisted of composers, performers and engineers. 

Drizzle Path, a performance combines piano, visual art and artificial intelligence at the Second Summit on Music Intelligence, which was opened in Beijing on October 28, 2023, featuring a "Future Concert."

It covered a variety of cutting-edge technologies, such as artificial intelligence, brain-computer interface, facial emotion recognition, AI-generated visuals, computer music, virtual humans, robot dogs and more. With the empowerment of technology, the works presented a stunning display of various themes, such as Confucian philosophy, the concept of space-time in physics, inner life emotions, poetry, multi-ethnic culture and more.

Two pieces composed by CCOM's artificial intelligence composition system - "Welcome" and "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" - were particularly eye-catching. The two pieces were performed live by the CCOM Symphony Orchestra under the direction of a digital human conductor.

At the opening ceremony, CCOM President Yu Feng reviewed and affirmed the success of the first summit on music intelligence.

Yu emphasized the current development trends of artificial intelligence technology and brain science research, as well as the profound social significance of cross-disciplinary research into music and brain science. He also reiterated CCOM's attention to the development of cross-disciplinary fields between art and technology from a strategic planning perspective. 

The Starry Night, a performance combines guzheng and visual musicians at the Second Summit on Music Intelligence, which was opened in Beijing on October 28, 2023, featuring a "Future Concert."

Professor Dai Qionghai from Tsinghua University pointed out in his speech that the combination of music and technology is an inevitable trend in the music field, which has a wide range of social and practical significance for innovation in the music industry. 

He also elaborated on the uniqueness and importance of cross-disciplinary research into music, artificial intelligence and brain science, the disruptive impact of artificial intelligence on the music industry, and its role in traditional culture inheritance and industrial upgrading.

The opening ceremony also witnessed an unveiling ceremony for the Music Metaverse Laboratory, which was jointly established by CCOM and the Beijing National Research Center for Information Science and Technology. 

The laboratory will conduct extensive exploration and experimentation in the fields of music metaverse, such as virtual human performance, music virtual space, music robots and more.

Global Times