DreaMR: Mixed Reality Piano & Saxophone Concert at RIAM Whyte Hall

Fusing music, art and technology, this concert brings you into the world of dreaming with Mixed Reality (MR). With innovative, cutting-edge digital technology we are exploring the fantasy world of creative minds: composers’ narrative in music, synaesthesia art and multisensory perception. We are creating a dream-like world in the style of surrealism and through the visualisation of senses by technology.

Internationally renowned pianist, composer, and researcher Dr Svetlana Rudenko (www.svetlana-rudenko.com) composed music on the art of Salvador Dali who illustrated Lewis Carroll’s iconic story of ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’, as well as the art of Giorgio De Chirico and others. Performance on Meta Quest 3 is by Xiangpeng Fu, with special guest on saxophone David Salleras, who is an honoured Selmer Artist and Vandoren Artist (www.davidsalleras.com).

MR visuals will be projected onto the screen to provide an immersive multisensory experience. There will also be a talk and narration by CEO & Creative Director of Haunted Planet Studios, Prof. Mads Haahr, School of Computer Science and Statistics, Trinity College Dublin. 

In the program:

Amy Beach, Dreaming, op. 15 no.3 “You Speak to Me from the Depth of a Dream.”/V. Hugo

S. Rachmaninoff, Six Preludes op. 32 nos.1- 5 & 10

S. Rudenko, De Chirico: Metaphysical Art MR Intermission

S. Rudenko, Alice Dali MR: ‘Pool of Tears’, ‘Who Stole the Tarts?’ and ‘Alice’s Evidence’

Piano and Saxophone:

D. Salleras La Lune Rouge

Tangos by Astor Piazzolla: Vuelvo Al Sur, Milonga Del Angel, Fracanapa with visuals from

Asger Jorn: The Disquieting Duckling MR

Watch below for a glimpse of what you will see on the 22nd of May!