Experience the MIT residency of the Steinway Spirio | r, a piano embedded with technology for live performance capture and playback. “The residency offered students, faculty, staff, and campus visitors the opportunity to engage with this new technology through a series of workshops that focused on such topics as the historical analysis of piano design; an examination of the hardware and software used by the instrument; and step-by-step guidance of how to use the features,” explains Keeril Makan, Head of MIT Music and Theater Arts and Associate Dean of the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences.

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All materials used with permission, with special thanks to:
The faculty, staff, and students involved in the Steinway Spirio | r residency at MIT
MIT Emerson/Harris Program
MIT Music and Theater Arts
MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
MIT.nano
M. Steinert & Sons

Production by
Bruce Petschek/Seven Generations Video and the Arts at MIT
Included footage by Giro Studios

Post-Production by
Trillium Studios Film

Music featured:
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 3 D minor, performed by Holden Mui
Dmitri Shostakovich, Prelude and Fugue Op. 87 No. 4 E minor, performed by William Wang
Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Sonata Op. 57 “Appassionata”, performed by Mi-Eun Kim
György Ligeti, Étude No. 6 Automne à Varsovie, performed by William Wang