二胡
Erhu

琵琶
Pipa

阮
Ruan

中国鼓
Chinese Drums

唢呐
Suona

首个AI作曲国乐音乐会
The First AI-Composed Chinese Traditional Music Concert

《零·壹|中国色》

Digital Splendour

这个机器写出来能好听吗

Can a machine really compose something beautiful?

它写出来我能演吗

Can I really perform what it writes?

拿出来的谱子

When I saw the score it produced,

天哪这是什么

oh my, what is this?

果然是AI（人工智能）

Yep, definitely AI.

用民族乐器演奏AI（人工智能）创作

When AI compositions meet traditional Chinese instruments,

会是什么味儿

what kind of sound will that create?

上海民族乐团

The Shanghai Chinese Orchestra

《零·壹|中国色》音乐会

presented the concert Digital Splendour,

交出的答案是

and their answer was

别有风味儿

a flavor all its own.

《东方既白》

From “Daybreak in the East”

《松花》

to “Songhua”

《娇红》等九首原创曲目

and “Rosy Glow”, a total of nine original AI-based works

既完美承袭了国乐的文化基因

not only preserve the cultural DNA of traditional Chinese music,

又为古老的音乐语言

but also breathe new life into this ancient musical language

注入了数字时代的生命力

with the energy of the digital age.

AI（人工智能）的创作其实是

AI’s compositions are in fact

基于它的数据大模型

based on its large-scale data models.

它的大模型里倒反而没有非常多

Interestingly, those models don’t produce many

学术的 艰涩难懂的那一类作品

overly academic or hard-to-understand pieces.

还有一点就是

One more thing is that

虽然说是AI（人工智能）创作

although the music is created by AI,

但是指令很重要

but the human input behind it is crucial.

我们跟AI（人工智能）的团队

We collaborated closely with the AI team

也沟通了非常长的时间

and spent a long time discussing.

所有（曲目）不是交乐谱

Instead of sending over sheet music,

它们交的是音频

they gave us audio files directly.

这一点其实对我们

This really posed

所有舞台上的演奏家是一个挑战

a challenge for all the performers on stage.

摇滚唢呐

Rock suona,

爵士二胡等看似不可能的音乐组合

jazz erhu, and other seemingly improbable musical pairings,

在人工智能的精妙调和下

through the subtle orchestration of AI,

竟能交织出跨越古今

actually weave a sound that transcends time

连接东西的全新听觉感受

and connects East and West in a whole new auditory experience.

二胡给人最初的一种感受

People often associate the erhu

可能是比较悲情的

with a rather melancholic tone.

感谢AI（人工智能）的作曲

Thanks to AI-assisted composition,

它给了我们这样的创意

we were inspired with this kind of creative idea.

这次是一首二胡与爵士叫《轻紫》

This time, it’s a jazz-erhu piece called “Light Purple”.

就是想跳出学院派的那些作曲

We wanted to break away from academic-style composition

把二胡年轻的这种生命力表现出来

and express the youthful vitality of the erhu.

这台（演出）里的唢呐

And the suona in this performance,

请允许是摇滚唢呐

let’s call it a rock suona.

当时其实那些AI（人工智能）的创作人

When we talked to the composers working with AI,

他们还说摇滚有很多种

they said, “There are many types of rock.

你具体要哪一个

Which one are you after?”

我说稍微硬一些（类似）德国战车

I said, “Something a bit heavier—like Rammstein.”

我们觉得音乐现在或许光好听不够

We feel that music today needs to be more than just pleasing to the ear.

也希望好看

It should be a feast for the eyes, too.

我们请了一位故宫美学的顾问

So we invited an aesthetic consultant from the Palace Museum,

郭浩老师

Mr. Guo Hao.

我们就说郭老师你闭上眼睛

We asked him, “Mr. Guo, just close your eyes.

这些颜色哪一些是可以直观地表达

which colors can directly express

你听到的音乐的感觉

what you feel when you hear this music?

你把它攒在一起

Gather those colors together,

然后我们再加上舞美和服装的设计

and we’ll build on that with stage visuals and costume design

把它呈现给观众

to present it to the audience.”