&#65279;{"id":638,"date":"2016-08-31T14:07:05","date_gmt":"2016-08-31T21:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatestperformance.org\/?p=638"},"modified":"2017-07-05T23:35:41","modified_gmt":"2017-07-06T06:35:41","slug":"does-digital-technology-enhance-live-classical-performances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatestperformance.org\/does-digital-technology-enhance-live-classical-performances\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Digital Technology Enhance Live Classical Performances?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/greatestperformance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Ryuichi_2595491b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-639 alignleft\" alt=\"Ryuichi_2595491b\" src=\"https:\/\/greatestperformance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Ryuichi_2595491b-200x113.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greatestperformance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Ryuichi_2595491b-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/greatestperformance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Ryuichi_2595491b-528x300.jpg 528w, https:\/\/greatestperformance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Ryuichi_2595491b.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a> Does digital technology divert or enhance the musical experience of today\u2019s concert-goers?<\/p>\n<p>Author-cum-critic <a href=\"http:\/\/searchengineland.com\/author\/bas-van-den-beld\">Ivan<\/a> Hewett has singled out two concerts by two luminaries of the contemporary music scene for their modern take on the live classical performance.\u00a0 They caught his fancy, not for the usual reason that they were an exceptional display of artistic talent, but for their innovative use of computer technology.<\/p>\n<p>The author likens Laurie Anderson\u2019s Landfall, and Ryuichi Sakamoto\u2019s musical show, to plain porridge. \u00a0 Sakamoto\u2019s beautiful but unhurried piano pieces enthralled an audience groping for meaning, while Anderson\u2019s performance with the Kronos Quartet, highlighted by white text on dark background projected on a big screen, was novel but unexciting.<\/p>\n<p>Some interesting insights here for the musically inclined: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Art as science? <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Computer technology and classical music<\/span><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/culture\/music\/classicalmusic\/10162560\/Art-as-science-Computer-technology-and-classical-music.html\"><em>Read More&#8230;&#8230;.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Does digital technology divert or enhance the musical experience of today\u2019s concert-goers? Author-cum-critic Ivan Hewett has singled out two concerts by two luminaries of the contemporary music scene for their modern take on the live classical performance.\u00a0 They caught his fancy, not for the usual reason that they were an exceptional display of artistic talent, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":639,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,53],"tags":[55],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Does Digital Technology Enhance Live Classical Performances? - Greatest Performance<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Art as science? 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