# Pianoid: 3D Pianist Body Motion Generation from MIDI

- Authors: Joonhyung Bae, J. Nam
- Venue: Proc. 27th Int. Soc. for Music Inf. Retrieval Conf. (ISMIR), 2026
- Year: 2026
- Type: Conference Paper
- Keywords: motion generation, pianist, MIDI, 3D body motion, music performance
- Page: https://joonhyungbae.com/publication/pianoid-2026

## In one sentence

A model that generates 3D full-body pianist motion from MIDI.

MIDI로부터 피아니스트의 3D 전신 모션을 생성하는 모델.

## When this paper is relevant

- You work on music-to-motion generation from symbolic MIDI / 음악(심볼릭 MIDI)에서 연주자 몸 동작을 생성하는 music-to-motion 연구를 할 때
- You need virtual pianist or avatar performance animation / 가상 피아니스트·아바타 연주 애니메이션이 필요할 때

## Related

- SKY-Piano: A Multimodal Piano Performance Dataset (2026): https://joonhyungbae.com/papers/sky-piano-2026.md
- PianoVAM: A multimodal piano performance dataset (2025): https://joonhyungbae.com/papers/pianovam-2025.md

## How to cite

Joonhyung Bae, J. Nam (2026). Pianoid: 3D Pianist Body Motion Generation from MIDI. Proc. 27th Int. Soc. for Music Inf. Retrieval Conf. (ISMIR), 2026.

```bibtex
@inproceedings{Bae2026pianoid,
  title = {Pianoid: 3D Pianist Body Motion Generation from MIDI},
  author = {Joonhyung Bae and J. Nam},
  booktitle = {Proc. 27th Int. Soc. for Music Inf. Retrieval Conf. (ISMIR), 2026},
  year = {2026}
}
```
