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Submersus

Composer
Varga Judit
Original / Hungarian title
Submersus
Foreign language / English title
Submersus
Year of composition
2025
Type
Other
Number of players
1
Instrumentation
pf., computer controlled disclavier, video
Duration
50 min
Premiere information
1 February 2025, Transparent Sound 2025, Library, Budapest Music Center; Judit Varga (pf., video)
Publisher / Source
MS
Remarks, other info
In Judit Varga´s full-length work, human and machine form a virtuosic piano duo: the classical acoustic piano "duels" with the computer-controlled Disklavier. This human-machine duality also appears in the creation of the visual elements of the piece: the imagery and video material are generated using modern artificial intelligence platforms. Initiated by human ideas (concepts), shaped by machines (ChatGPT – prompts, MidJourney – images, Runway – videos), and completed by human hands (video editing, composition). Conceptual background: "Submersus" is another piece in the composer’s series of works that explore kinetic energies in musical form. The composer aims to make algorithms, physical phenomena, and movement energies audible.