COMPUTERS may struggle to converse with us convincingly, but composing music seems to come naturally. A century on from Alan Turing’s birth, a program called Iamus has penned a suite of musical and orchestral pieces in his honour.
Iamus was created by Francisco Vico of the University of Malaga, Spain, and developed with pianist and composer Gustavo Díaz-Jerez, also at Malaga. It “evolves” its own music, and produces scores that real musicians can play.
This week, Díaz-Jerez played Colossus, an Iamus composition premiered in a live-streamed concert to honour Turing.
In a month’s time, a recording of Iamus’s Transits into an Abyss, performed by the London Symphony Orchestra, will go on sale – the first major work composed by a computer and performed by a full orchestra.
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Hear more: Colossus for piano solo, played by Gustavo Díaz-Jerez
