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Cello Suites

2009- ongoing | unaccompanied robot cellist

The CELLO SUITES is a series of pieces for unaccompanied robot cellist.

The ‘robot cellist’, a non-human entity at the intersection of performer and instrument, consists of two industrial robotic arms playing a cello. The composition explores the specific and unique playing techniques afforded by this system, underlines the idiomatic potential of the robot cellist and investigates its anthropomorphic characteristics and their scenographic implications. The robot cellist has developed individual playing style and techniques along with a reflexive compositional perspective.

I: Rotore

II: μG

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