Robotorgona
It's not every day that you hear Queen, Beatles, Elijah and Britney Spears songs in a repertoire alongside Josquin, Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Liszt and Beethoven, all performed by a fully robotic orchestra. Today, the Robot Organ and its "orchestra" do all of these things at once. It takes listeners on a journey through music history, as Dániel Váczi orchestrates some of the most significant musical compositions of several centuries on computer-controlled, but fully acoustic instruments.
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The jewel of the House of Music's Creative Sound Space, which opened in 2022, is an experimental organ that is not exaggerated to say is a true Hungaricum. The concept of the installation was largely developed by Dániel Váczi, based on ideas that György Ligeti had already dreamt up in the 1960s for the organ of the future. The fully computerised (MIDI) control is itself capable of producing unusual sounds, but the remote control here uniquely extends to parameters such as wind pressure and the tuning of the pipes. At the same time, Robotorgona is supported by an entire orchestra, all of which is also controlled by a computer. The members include drums, marimba, accordion, pianino and glockenspiel.
House of Music Hungary
A music education centre and concert venue in the heart of the City Park, behind the airy futuristic glass facade of Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto.