Ombra Mai Fu made on smartphones by Digi Ensemble Berlin featuring Anna Gütter
Professional musicians try out how to make music using new technologies. (Informationen auf deutsch unter This video shows a performance of the famous aria Ombra Mai Fu from Handel s seriocomic opera Serse (Xerxes) in an experimental version accompanied on smartphones and tablets. The musicianss aim is to try out how to make joint music on smartphones. The 7 players are using the app thumbjam for this expressive interpretation. The sound you hear is all played live by the musicians and their smartphones. In this case we are playing on the appinstrument thumbjam for iPod touch and iPad. By lifting and lowering the devices tone and volume can be modulated. In this way an expressive play can arise. However, the DigiEnsemble Berlin plays more than classical music, its musicians experiment with a wide range of genres, play heavy metal, avantgarde or compose own pieces.
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