Renowned composer-pianist Keiichiro Shibuya collaborates with the technological marvels – an android singer with Artificial Intelligence which he accompanies on the piano.

November 18, 18h00
Tivoli BBVA Theatre
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In this groundbreaking performance, renowned composer-pianist Keiichiro Shibuya collaborates with the technological marvels – an android singer with Artificial Intelligence which he accompanies on the piano. This piece was first presented as an opera at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris in June 2023, promising a musical journey and a glimpse into the future of art and technology.


The mesmerising interplay between the piano played by Shibuya and the beautiful singing voice of an artificially synthesized android is no ordinary duet. With its advanced auditory abilities, the android listens to every note Shibuya plays and responds in real-time to improvised melodies. It also sings several songs that were composed by Shibuya. While some of the lyrics are excerpts of works by the famous novelist Michel Houellebecq and the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, other texts are generated by a GPT artificial intelligence model.

When human creativity meets artificial intelligence there are endless possibilities. In “Android Area”, we are invited to experience the harmony between organic emotion and digital precision and the occasional role reversal between human and android.

© Photo by Claude Gassian

Keiichiro Shibuya