Quantum Music

Concerts by LP DUO (Serbia) and introductory presentation by professor of Physics, Klaus Mølmer

Joining international composers, musicians and quantum physicists in co-operative efforts, the Quantum music project creates a new platform for art and science, where the encounters between music and quantum physics make up the collective fulcrum.

Music and sound, in general, can be conceived as waves: small bundles of air, contracting and dilating in particular frequencies, which we come to apprehend as entities such as musical tones. While the basic notion – and general puzzle –  of quantum physics is that everything in the universe holds both particle and wave nature at the same time. This similarity between sound and quantum mechanics serve as the point of departure for the projects experimenting attempts to create music which utilize the principles of quantum mechanics, transforming probability wave functions into audible sound waves – which can be enjoyed by the human ear.

Researching the connections between the worlds of music and quantum physics, the project not only explores a completely new musical genre but an entirely new form of instrument: The quantum piano, a hybrid instrument, combining an acoustic piano with a computer. The instrument allows the exploration of interactive possibilities between the sounds of the piano and quantum-mechanic processes, so that it, so to say, allows the musician to play accompanying atoms.

As part of the project The Danish National School of Performing Arts, have held workshops centered on the experiences gained through the project, with the purpose of inspiring further artistic development within the fields of dance, lighting, and music.  

In the fall of 2017, the project will end with a Europe tour, which the concerts in Aarhus and Copenhagen form part of. At the concerts the Serbian piano duo, LP Duo will present both the instrument and musical pieces, which is the result of the project’s two-year work period. The project involves institutions from Serbia, Slovenia, Denmark, England and The Netherlands, with funding from EU’s Creative Europe program.

LP Duo, highly active on stages internationally, is best known to the Danish audience for their balcony concerts at the National Opera and The Royal Theaters old stage.

Tickets

Tickets are free and there are no reservations or pre-booking. Each concert can host a maximum of 140 audiences.