“Automation is perhaps one of the best new pieces that have been performed by our Orchestra in many years. The piece was like a rollercoaster ride I didn’t want to end. Stunning from first note to last. I am still craving to hear more.” – Arts-Louisville.com

AUTOMATION is a Cinematic Concerto that explores the conflicts and connections between man and machine. Watch and listen as cellist Yves Dhar and his holographic AI counterpart interact on stage with Teddy Abrams and the Louisville Orchestra in a groundbreaking new composition by Grammy-nominated, Emmy-winning composer Adam Schoenberg that features cello, halldorophone, electronics, orchestra, and projected visuals. Can a technically superior yet emotionless machine create music that moves us? How will humans react when faced with the possibility of being replaced? These are a few of the questions that this probing work intends to ask. A vision of a haunting future imagined in an adapted soloist + orchestra format, Automation promises to be a visceral experience that will leave audiences talking about what it truly means to be human.

Yves Dhar, Cellist and Producer
Adam Schoenberg, Composer, Sound Design, and Electronics
Teddy Abrams, Conductor
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Alex Brinkley, Sound Design and Electronics
Gabriel Bethke, Sound Design and Synth Programming
Mauricio Ceppi, Visual Consultant
Ryan Wise, VFX and Digital Artist