THE COMPLETE SYMPHONY OF SCHUBERT COMPLETE WITH THE AI

In 1822, the Austrian composer Franz Schubert had begun the composition of his Symphony No. 8, without being able to complete it.

Or Huawei entrusted the artificial intelligence to finish the symphony of Schubert (the number 8 in B minor).

Huawei has fed an artificial intelligence, embarked on his new smartphone Mate 20 Pro, a hundred original sheet music Schubert and other pieces likely to have influenced the composer at the time.

Then the AI ​​went to work:

She analyzed the timbre, the pitch and the metrics of the first two symphonic movements and gave "harmonic lines" before leaving the hand of American composer Lucas Cantor, winner of several Emmy Awards.

Thus was created the melody of the two missing movements, the third (for which we have some indications of the Austrian musician) and the fourth.

The result was presented to the public for a world premiere Monday, February 4th in the Cadogan Hall in London.