Professor delivers keynote at landmark conference on AI in Music and the Digital Humanities
Ricardo Climent gave a keynote address in Edinburgh on transformative uses and implications of AI in Music, Gaming and Geolocation. The event also featured an immersive sci-fi opera, and Climent's interactive installation 'AI BeatboxerÇà¹ÏÊÓÆµ™.
On Friday, 7 March 2025, delivered a compelling keynote speech at 'Creative Dynamics II: AI & Digital Innovations for Voice and Vocal Music', a one-day conference hosted by the .
The event, supported by the (IASH) brought together leading experts to explore cutting-edge advancements in AI-driven composition, voice synthesis, and the evolving legal, ethical, and economic landscape of AI-generated music.
His talk explored 30 years of practice-led research, from dataset sonification for composition to disruptive technologies shaping the University of Manchester's Çà¹ÏÊÓÆµ“ including geolocative tech, game engines, and AI in music Çà¹ÏÊÓÆµ“ culminating in works like his concert piece and interactive installation AI Beatboxer (Noh Virtual).
Another highlight of the conference was the UK première of AI Opera ³ÛÅ«°ù±ð¾± (Ghost) Çà¹ÏÊÓÆµ“ an immersive Japanese sci-fi opera that captivated a packed audience of 200 attendees. Designed, produced, and directed by , postdoctoral scholar in Intermediality & Digital Humanities at the University of Edinburgh and Lund University, the opera showcased AIÇà¹ÏÊÓÆµ™s potential in reshaping vocal performance and storytelling.
This landmark event underscored the transformative role of artificial intelligence in vocal music, setting the stage for further innovation in the field.