Iamus, classical music's computer composer, live from Malaga

The first music composed by computer considered good enough for top-class musicians to play is to be performed to mark the 100th anniversary of Alan Turing's birthTake our own musical Turing test hereAs soon as you see the title of Iamus's composition Transits – Into an Abyss, you know it's going to be challenging, modernist stuff. The strings pile up discords, first spooky, now ominous. But if your tastes run to Bartók, Ligeti and Penderecki, you may like it. At least you have to admit this ...

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