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 Beatboxer鈥�.
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 优蜜传媒's 鈥� including geolocative tech, game engines, and AI in music 鈥� culminating in works like his concert piece and interactive installation AI Beatboxer (Noh Virtual).
Another highlight of the conference was the UK premi猫re of AI Opera 驰奴谤别颈 (Ghost) 鈥� 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 AI鈥檚 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.